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August 9 is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, marking formal recognition of their fundamental human rights at the UN General Assembly nearly 40 years ago.
Analysis: People and the Planet Together: Why Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are at the Heart of Climate ActionNews
Traditionally, providing water services is the responsibility of the public sector, but private capital should play a role today.
Analysis: Low-Income Communities Lack Access to Clean Water. It’s Time for Change
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Countless books and articles have addressed the challenges of going to scale in the development sector — yet a systematic approach to scaling remains out of reach. However, as Scott MacMillan at BRAC USA explains, BRAC founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed was arguably more successful than anyone at scaling effective poverty programs. He shares insights from his new book on Abed's life and work, which sheds light on how BRAC has created and scaled programs to an extent that no other nonprofit or social enterprise has managed to achieve.
Accomplishing the Impossible: Lessons on Scaling From BRAC Founder Sir Fazle Hasan AbedNews
The African Development Bank signed a $60 million financial package to accelerate access to finance for small businesses managed and owned by women in Tanzania.
Press Release: African Development Bank and African Guarantee Fund Sign $110 Million Agreement with Tanzania’s CRDB Bank to Boost Access to Finance by Women’s SMEsBlog Post
Mobile money is widely seen as a promising engine for global development. But governments in Africa are also increasingly viewing it as a lucrative source of tax revenue. With critics raising concerns about the impact of taxing mobile money and other digital financial services, Adrienne Lees and Phil Mader at the Institute of Development Studies explore whether existing research can inform any confident predictions about the effects of these taxes on providers, customers and the broader financial inclusion sector.
To Tax or Not to Tax Mobile Money: The Impact on Digital Financial Services in Africa and BeyondBlog Post
Social enterprises and other small businesses are often at a disadvantage when disputes arise with larger companies – particularly in the international context, where the option of going to local courts is not always available. Patrick Miller at P Miller Legal Services explores how commercial litigation funding can address this issue, by enabling these enterprises to access skilled international counsel funded by external investors who receive a proportion of any eventual award. He discusses the benefits this approach can offer to both small businesses and investors.
The Power of Litigation Funding: How Social Enterprises and Other Small Businesses Can Use it to Defend Their Legal Rights – And Access CapitalNews
If Africa wants to leapfrog its infrastructural hurdles, then it must look beyond its own pockets to bridge its huge financing gap.
Financing Africa’s $100 Billion Annual Infrastructure Gap Just Got TrickierNews
The report looked at the extent to which “historically disadvantaged persons” (HDPs) were excluded within parts of the digital ecosystem.
Black-Owned Startups Face Funding Gap in South Africa, Report Says
