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IRENA’s annual jobs review confirms long-term growth trend; strong policy action essential to ensure continued employment expansion in the COVID-19 era.
Press Release: Renewable Energy Jobs Continue Growth To 11.5 Million WorldwideCalendar Event
What China’s Influence in Africa Means for the Global EconomyBlog Post
The COVID-19 pandemic is imposing a disproportionately higher socio-economic cost on women. As Melinda Gates put it, “COVID-19 is gender-blind, but not gender-neutral.” Analysts at MSC discuss four potential types of fallout from COVID-19 that will have lasting socio-economic impacts on women in India and other low- and middle-income countries, based on multiple studies that MSC conducted between March and July of this year.
Gender: The Blind Spot of the COVID-19 Response in Low- and Middle-Income CountriesNews
Trade and markets can spur sustainable development and strengthen resilience to shocks
Global Trade in Food and Agricultural Products More Than Doubles in Last Two DecadesBlog Post
In its research on the tech innovation ecosystems in Cape Town, Nairobi and Lagos, Cenfri applied a Systems Practice approach, collaborating with key players to reveal a comprehensive picture of these dynamic systems. Analysts at Cenfri and Lagos Business School explore the model, and the challenges and considerable advantages it presents for researchers and business ecosystems.
Researching Outside the Box: The Benefits and Challenges of Systems Practice for Engaged Ecosystem ResearchNews
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and KfW, the German state-owned development bank, today signed agreements for €450 million (about $525 million) in cofinancing to improve Indonesia’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response and enhance financial inclusion in the country.
Press Release: Asian Development Bank, KfW Partner To Boost COVID-19 Response and Financial Inclusion in IndonesiaCalendar Event
Presentation of the Report of the Digital Finance Task Force & Launch of the Dialogue on Global Digital Finance GovernanceBlog Post
When the Alliance for Financial Inclusion outlined its “Five Key Financial Inclusion Policy Trends for 2020” on January 17 of this year, the spread of the novel coronavirus was still in its infancy. Now that COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the global economy, Robin Newnham at the Alliance for Financial Inclusion revisits those trends, viewing them through the prism of the pandemic – and finding both new risks, and new opportunities.
COVID-19: Burden or Boon for Financial Inclusion?
