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Analysis: How Digital Solutions Can Ease the COVID-19 Impact on Displaced Populations
How Digital technology can support labor market integration of the displaced during the pandemic.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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- coronavirus, employment, jobs, refugees, technology
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Coders Behind Bars: The Prisoners Training for Future Tech Jobs
Unemployment among former inmates in the US is five times higher than for the general population, according to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company is involved in Justice Through Code, a project to bring coding qualifications to the convicted from Columbia University’s Center for Justice and The Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Asian Development Bank Approved $93 Million Loan to Boost Skills Development and Inclusive Growth in Uzbekistan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced that it has approved a $93 million loan to help enhance competitiveness in Uzbekistan and boost inclusive growth by improving market-relevant skills development for young people and unemployed job seekers.
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- Entrepreneurship
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Press Release: BlueOrchard Announces the Launch of a COVID-19 Support Fund That Aims To Support More Than 200 Million Jobs in Emerging and Frontier Markets
BlueOrchard Finance Ltd (BlueOrchard), a leading impact investment manager and member of the Schroders Group, is pleased to announce the launch of the “BlueOrchard Covid-19 Emerging and Frontier Markets MSME Support Fund."
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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Press Release: Visa and STEMpower Partner To Drive Financial Inclusion and Job Creation in Ethiopia
A Bulgarian startup has found remote work in the AI industry for hundreds of refugees in the Balkans and the Middle East.
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Southeast Asian Country of Vietnam Needs More Qualified Professionals, Better Policies To Expand Fintech Sector
Vietnam reportedly doesn’t have enough skilled professionals needed to support the growth of the nation’s Fintech focused economy.
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance, Technology
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- South Asia
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Press Release: Upaya Social Ventures and Beyond Capital Recommit To Investment in Freshr To Further Benefit Smallholder Farmers in India
Follow-on investment to support the extension of FreshR’s microentrepreneur and farmer networks, as well as continue expansion into new region of underserved communities
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- Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Africa Launches $14 Million Program To Shore up Coffee Sector Amid COVID-19
ICO projects a loss of exports valued between $100m and $200m, potentially affecting 6.6 million jobs in coffee sector, particularly in east Africa
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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