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Drug Prices Can Take A Surprising Turn When A Poor Country Gets Richer
A new report, published by the Center for Global Development in June, finds that as countries move up the ladder of economic development, it becomes harder for government agencies, hospitals and health care companies to buy drugs at reasonable prices.
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- Health Care
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Social Stock Exchange Idea Highlights India’s Move Away From Foreign Aid
Proposal could provide cheaper funding for charities, says finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, but critics warn against greater government control of welfare projects.
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- Finance
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- South Asia
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Simplify International Development Research: An Intriguing Experiment (Involving NextBillion)
International development professionals must often spend a great deal of time trying to keep up with news, trends and research about their area of activity – and this requires a lot of manual labor. But much of this can now be automated and aided by artificial intelligence (AI). Jacob Rosen and Ashirul Amin at BFA explore how they used AI to sort and categorize a vast amount of development-focused content online, using NextBillion's 5,000+ article library as a test case. The results of their experiment show how AI can help people reduce time and labor and learn more efficiently.
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- Finance, Technology
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Press Release: UNDP Supported Countries to Receive $84.9m for Climate Action From the Green Climate Fund
The approved funding for adaptation reflects the Fund’s commitment to meeting the needs of societies that are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change – in particular Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) – and supporting high-impact, country-led initiatives to achieve low-emission, climate-resilient development.
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- Environment, Finance
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Viewpoint: A Digital Path to Health for All
The world is just beginning to recognize the potential of digitally enhanced data to improve health. Increased use of digital technology and artificial intelligence can make countries better at predicting and preventing disease, and at providing health care to people in remote or underserved areas.
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- Health Care, Technology
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New Thinking to Advance Gender Equality: ‘Radical Collaboration’ in Action
"We don’t want to wait centuries or even decades to achieve equality for all women everywhere. We want it now." Alexa Blain, co-founder and Managing Partner at Deetken Impact, recently attended the Women Deliver conference where, along with a decent dose of inspiration, she and her colleagues discovered that a bold, collaborative approach could hold the key to unlocking empowerment efforts.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Viewpoint: Only 1% of Gender Equality Funding Is Going to Women’s Organisations – Why?
A growing body of evidence proves that feminist movements are driving gender equality, and increasingly donors agree. However, we often see governments’ bold statements fizzling into inaction and only tiny pots of money trickling down for feminists organising in the global south.
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How Ghana Plans To Finance The Sustainable Development Goals
This renewed push for impact investing in Ghana specifically, and more broadly around the world, comes out of necessity. According to Sylvia Lopez-Ekra, the UN Resident Coordinator for Ghana, $5 to 7 trillion are needed each year to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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