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Viewpoint: For Emerging Markets, ESG Will Not Work Without Economic Growth
The climate crisis we face today is probably the most significant loss incurred by the "growth-at-any-cost" mindset that prevailed for so long.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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The Global Digital Health Monitor: A New Resource Advances the Digital Transformation of Global Health Systems
COVID-19 catalyzed the scaling of a variety of digital health interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). But as Patricia Mechael at HealthEnabled points out, this has not translated into the sustained digital transformation of healthcare in many of these markets. As broader technological advancements create a strong enabling environment for digital health in LMICs, she explores how a new resource, the Global Digital Health Monitor, can help these countries strategically advance their digital health transformation.
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- Health Care, Investing, Technology, Telecommunications
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Press Release: BII and U.S. DFC Invest in SDG Blended Finance Initiative Led by UBS Optimus Foundation and Bridges Outcomes Partnerships
SDG Outcomes initiative has so far invested in three high impact educational and environmental programs in Africa.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: SDG Funds Fail to Target Countries Most in Need
Research seen exclusively by ESG Clarity finds companies in SDG funds receive 75% revenue from countries that have made most progress towards the goals.
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- Investing
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- Global
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- business development, data, ESG, global development, research, scale, SDGs
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Viewpoint: The World Bank Is Failing on Climate Change
If the World Bank is serious about meeting its development goals, it cannot do so without first tackling climate change.
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- Environment
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- Global
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World Population Day: Populations in Africa Surge
According to Amare the growth in population on the continent should be seen as a benefit and not a burden.
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- Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: As Africa Loses Forest, Its Small Farmers Are Bringing Back Trees
The loss of forests across Africa has long been documented. But recent studies show that small farmers from Senegal to Ethiopia to Malawi are allowing trees to regenerate on their lands, resulting in improved crop yields, productive fruit harvests, and a boost for carbon storage.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Global Impact of South-South Cooperation: The Case for Teaching Developing Countries’ Solutions to Business Students Worldwide
South-South Cooperation empowers developing countries to create home-grown solutions to development problems, and to share them with other countries in the Global South. According to Mette Morsing at Principles for Responsible Management Education, the business sector has a key role to play in scaling these solutions in both the Global South and North. But for that to happen, she argues that business schools must focus on increasing knowledge exchange between emerging market innovators and their peers in the developed and developing worlds.
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- Education, Technology
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