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Analysis: Community Seeds and Fertilisers: An Alternative Route to Food Security
Governments may put an emphasis on imported seeds and synthetic fertilisers to obtain high yields, but traditional African approaches can produce resilient and sustainable crops.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Spinning Green into Gold
ESG-focused fund inflows into Asia are growing, but investing is replete with risk given the region’s diversities and historical inequalities.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- ESG, governance, impact investing, SDGs
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Building Back Boldly: How Decisive Government Action Can Support Entrepreneurship in a Post-COVID-19 Economy
COVID-19 caused a global economic contraction of 3.5% last year, inflicting particular damage on emerging economies and pushing approximately 120 million individuals back into extreme poverty. Consultants Kate Collins and Bar Pereg argue that disruption of this magnitude demands large-scale government investment – not only to address the pandemic's economic damage, but also to support the growth of innovative companies in an economy re-shaped by the crisis. They explore the impacts government interventions can have on entrepreneurship, and the importance of taking an ecosystem-wide approach.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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Facebook and Twitter Weigh Giving a Social-Media Megaphone to the Taliban
Facebook, Twitter and Googles actions will have lasting impacts on the diplomatic stage and on the lives of everyday people in Afghanistan.
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- Technology
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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Emergency Plan to Supply Water to One Million People Namibia
The Namibia Water Sector Support Programme (NWSSP) aims to improve the quality, safety and sustainability of water supply and sanitation services.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- food security, governance
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Nigerian Minister Says Twitter Ban To Be Lifted Soon
Nigeria plans to soon lift its ban on Twitter, the country’s information minister said Wednesday, two months after authorities blocked the social network when a tweet by the president was deleted.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- governance
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Press Release: Manulife Investment Management Takes a Multipronged Look at the Role of Sustainable Investing and ESG Analysis in Its Latest Global Intelligence Report
Manulife Investment Management released its semiannual Global Intelligence report, a firmwide outlook highlighting notable perspectives from its investment teams.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- ESG, governance, impact investing