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Government Admits Poverty Fight Failure in Northern Uganda
The government has admitted that its efforts over the past decades to lift northern Uganda out of poverty have failed.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India Wants to Leverage Its Stock Market for Social Impact. Will It Work?
India has approved the setting up of a social stock exchange. Experts say it will help fill glaring gaps in the country’s spending on socio-economic development.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Leaning into Resilience: Three Ways Small and Growing Agriculture Businesses Have Navigated Global Crises – And How Investors Can Support Them
COVID-19 and other recent crises have led many investors to pause disbursements to small and growing businesses (SGBs) in emerging markets, due to the increased risk. Camilla Nestor, Maria Raurell and Carolyn Han at MCE Social Capital explain why MCE did the opposite, supporting their investees' efforts to adapt to these challenges. They share three adaptations that successful SGBs in their portfolio had in common, and explore how these approaches are likely to be incorporated into agricultural SGB business models in the long term.
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- Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Investing
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Analysis: Do Gig Workers’ Voices Count?
The recent NITI Aayog report on India's growing gig and platform economy fails to address the issues of workers’ rights, welfare, and security.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Asia Pacific
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Seven Keys to Successful Business Mentorship Programs: How Entrepreneur Support Organizations Can Maximize Their Impact
Building a business can be exciting and rewarding, but it also requires personal sacrifices that can put both an entrepreneur's well-being and their enterprise’s success in jeopardy. As Amy Gillett and Kristin Babbie Kelterborn at the William Davidson Institute explain, mentors can play a key role in helping entrepreneurs deal with these unique difficulties. They share seven insights that can help entrepreneur support organizations like accelerators, incubators and investment companies implement successful business mentorship programs.
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- Entrepreneurship
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China’s Loss Is Mexico’s Gain: Bank of America Says a Transformed Global Supply Chain Means Nearshoring Investment in the Country Is a ‘Lifetime Opportunity’
The nearshoring momentum could represent a major rethink of global supply chains, and some countries could be in line for a windfall because of it.
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- Entrepreneurship
- Region
- Global
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Yaydoo Buys Oyster to Scale B2B Payments Solutions Across Latin America
B2B solutions provider Yaydoo has acquired payments solution Oyster Financial in a move to boost its position as a B2B payments solution provider in Latin America.
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- Entrepreneurship
- Region
- Latin America
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Adani Group to Invest $150 Billion in Pursuit of $1 Trillion Valuation in India
Richest Asian Gautam Adani's group will invest over USD 150 billion across businesses ranging from green energy to data centres to airports and healthcare.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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