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Analysis: IEA Energy Roadmap: Stop New Fossil Fuels Investments
Since it was first set up in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has been a hugely influential player in world energy politics.
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- Global
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HER Digital Academy Announces First Fully Online Global School for Women to Launch Careers in Tech
HER Digital Academy is helping women across the world upskill and re-train individually, while also partnering with workplaces to build accelerator programs for startup founders
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- Education, Technology
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- Global
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- accelerators, startups
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Press Release: DFC and FMO Launch $75 Million Co-Financing Facility to Boost COVID-19 Response in Developing Countries
Collaboration will bring much-needed liquidity to businesses in developing countries impacted by the pandemic
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Health Care
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- Global
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Press Release: Cooling Solutions for Micro-Entrepreneurs – Cross-Geographic Partnership to Share Learnings via Implementations
This global partnership is spurred by support from IKEA Foundation through the Efficiency for Access Research and Development Fund awarded to Devidayal Solar Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
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- Energy
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- Global
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- SDGs
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Mastercard, Mercado Libre, Common Cents Lab, and IDB Join Forces to Improve Financial Resilience Among Entrepreneurs and Gig Workers
While the pandemic has upended our personal finance habits, small changes in our routine can make a big difference.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- Global
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Analysis: The COVID-19 Response Has Shown What We Are Capable Of When We Work Together
When India entered into lockdown early in 2020, lives and livelihoods were thrown into disarray. Among those hardest hit were informal waste pickers. Unable to continue working, most lost their income overnight.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Social Enterprise
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- Global
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Analysis: What Is the Argument Against Lifting COVID Vaccine Patents?
The world's major vaccine-producing countries are for the first time opening the door to the suspension of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Global
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- vaccines
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Remittances to Some Emerging Markets Grow in Q1 Despite Pandemic-Induced Headwinds
Georgia, Jordan, Pakistan and Morocco recorded growth in remittances during the first quarter
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- Global
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