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How one engineer made it his business to help refugees become entrepreneurs
Usman Iftikhar turned his struggle to land a full-time engineering job into a startup accelerator that helps refugees and migrants realise their entrepreneurial ambitions – and received a Royal seal of approval for his efforts.
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- Uncategorized
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Are Impact Bonds and Outcome Funds a Solution to the Global Learning Crisis?
A related and relatively new phenomenon, Outcome Funds for Education, may further help address issues of fragmentation and inequities in funding.
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- Education
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PWYF launches Aid Transparency Index 2018
The Asian Development Bank tops the Index for the first time, with UNDP ranking second and the UK Department for International Development coming third.
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Breaking down France’s new $76M Africa startup fund
The $76 million (or €65 million) will divvy up into three parts, according to AFD Digital Task Team Leader Christine Ha.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Europe & Eurasia
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How Employers in Poor Countries Are Using Nudges to Help Employees Save Money
The idea is simple: people save more in retirement accounts when they are automatically enrolled by their employer than when they have to sign up themselves.
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Powering the World’s Poorer Economies: A Response to Bill Gates and Jigar Shah
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and SunEdison founder Jigar Shah have clashed in a heated debate over the best way to provide energy access to the world’s poor.
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- Energy
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SAARC fund to launch social enterprise programme in India and 7 other member nations
SDF is in the process of launching the SEDP as part of its social window, Motiwal said in an interview to PTI.
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- South Asia
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UN says Asia’s social enterprises face $2.5T funding gap
To address the $2.5 trillion funding gap in Asia, the United Nations is counting on the private sector to support social enterprises.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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- global development, SDGs