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Indermit Gill’s Parting Thoughts as He Exits the World Bank
Outgoing World Bank chief economist talks debt and discord, while Germany slashes development aid and low- and middle-income countries search for bankable climate solutions.
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- Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology, WASH
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- Global
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SolarAid Appoints Nick Pearson as Chief Executive Officer
Nick joins SolarAid at an exciting point in our journey as we continue working towards a future where everyone, everywhere has access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global
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Viewpoint: Scale Right, Not Cheap and Easy
Social innovation means building a road to the future that doesn't yet exist, without lowering standards.
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- Social Enterprise
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Viewpoint: Why We Should All Be Worried About AI in Elections
"The more important question is not what happens when AI generates a fake video of a candidate, but what happens when it is embedded in the systems that administer elections themselves — in procurement decisions, biometric voter-verification systems, and data-sharing arrangements."
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Naran Secures $10 Million to Empower Gig Economy Drivers Across Emerging Markets
The company tackles a pervasive issue in emerging markets: gig economy workers often lack the credit history or steady, verifiable income required to secure traditional bank loans.
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- Finance, Transportation
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Lessons From One of the World’s Largest Health Surveys
India’s recently released National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) factsheets, covering nearly 679,000 households across 715 districts, give us an insight into the largest pillar of the global Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) network.
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- Health Care
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Analysis: The Case for Consolidating Some Donor Activities
Across the major global health institutions, there are processes and systems that either replicate each other directly or would deliver better value if combined. Identifying and consolidating them would free up resources and, in most cases, make the system work better for the countries it is meant to serve.
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- Health Care
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Press Release: Cross-Border Impact Ventures Announces US $58 Million First Close of Women’s and Children’s Health Technology Fund II
CBIV invests in companies developing technologies that address conditions affecting women and children specifically, differently or disproportionately at the Series A or B stage.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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