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Bridging the Gap: SAP and UNDP Foster Digital Skills and Social Entrepreneurship in Rural Karnataka
In an initiative to empower women and youth, SAP Labs India and the United Nations Development Programme India have collaborated with the Government of Karnataka to facilitate increased access to career guidance, employment, and entrepreneurship
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- Education, Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Rural India Sinks Deeper into Debt as COVID-19 Wipes Out Work
The coronavirus and a lockdown aimed at stopping it last year saw millions of people thrown out of jobs in cities and towns and forced back to their villages, and ever higher levels of debt.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: 9 in 10 Want Flexible Pay: Impact of Earned Wage Access Revealed in a New Study From Wagestream, 60 Decibels
The impact of Earned Wage Access—whereby employers remove extended, locked pay cycles and return to more flexible pay cycles—has been revealed, in the industry’s first in-depth impact assessment.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Global
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Bill Seeks to Provide Plan Sponsors With Legal Cover for ESG Investing
Legislators say employers are hesitant to provide ESG options in 401(k)s over fears of being sued.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Emeritus Expands Into K12 Through Acquisition of iD Tech Bringing Equitable STEM Education to Adults and Youth Globally
Emeritus Expands Into k12 Through Acquisition of ID Tech Bringing Equitable Stem Education to Adults and Youth Globally
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- Education, Technology
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- Global
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IFC International Finance Invests in COMASA to Improve Resilience of the Agricultural Sector in Nicaragua
IFC has partnered with Comercializadora de Mani, SA (COMASA), to help preserve the competitiveness of the Central American country and protect thousands of jobs within the industry.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Latin America
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Analysis: How Governments Can Redesign Support for Entrepreneurs After COVID-19
In the wake of COVID-19, most governments face unprecedented unemployment. This is particularly challenging in developing economies, which lack robust social safety nets and where unemployment and poverty were pronounced before the pandemic.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship, Health Care
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Analysis: Here Are 3 Ways Businesses Can Build Vaccine Confidence
The past year has provided a sobering glimpse of life in a world ravaged by infectious disease. A world in which lives, livelihoods and entire economies are devastated by a rapidly expanding global pandemic.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- business, coronavirus, employment, healthcare, jobs, pandemics
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