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Press Release: EU’s Global Climate Change Alliance: Achievements Fell Short of Ambitions
The Global Climate Change Alliance – launched by the EU in 2007 to support poor developing countries' respond to climate change – did not live up to its promises.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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- climate change, failure
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Six Business Plan Pitfalls to Avoid When Approaching Funders: Lessons from Healthcare Enterprises in Emerging Markets
Having a good business plan is a key part of building credibility with funders. But despite its importance to an enterprise’s success, many entrepreneurs in emerging markets struggle to develop a strong business plan that instills confidence among potential funders. Paul Clyde and Ioan Cleaton-Jones at the William Davidson Institute discuss six common business plan mistakes that can undermine an entrepreneur's prospects with funders, based on their work supporting the development of business plans for hundreds of healthcare enterprises in various emerging markets.
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- Health Care, Investing
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Report: Women Now Run One In Three High-Growth Companies, Despite A Worldwide Lack Of Access To Capital
The GEM reports, produced by a consortium of universities, make up one of the most comprehensive bodies of current data on entrepreneurship around the globe.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: Kenya’s Energy Transition Risks Being Derailed by Human Rights Failures
Integrating human rights into renewable projects will make the energy transition fairer and faster.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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COP27 Failed the Most Climate-Vulnerable
Drew Corbyn of Netherlands-based global off-grid solar body GOGLA, outlines three urgent courses of action to accelerate access to electricity.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Global
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Why Social Design Projects Fail
Wizbang innovations capture the public’s imagination, but thoughtful, incremental development is often more valuable to those in need.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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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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The Global Development Sector Is Focused On Gender-Based Violence: Investors Should Be Too
In September, the U.N. adopted a resolution condemning all forms of sexual and gender-based violence (GBV), reflecting a growing recognition of the profound consequences of this global problem. But as Josh Dobiac at Milliman Financial Risk Management and Alana Kolundzija at Collective Impact argue, global development organizations aren't the only ones who should play a role in addressing GBV. They explore how investment decisions can impact GBV, and make the case for tackling this issue through socially responsible investing.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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