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Energy Policies For Refugee Assistance: Sustainability And Access
Paradoxically as more and more people are forcibly disconnected from energy grids and forced into refugee camps, these individuals’ per capita energy consumption increases despite individuals using less.
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- Energy
- Region
- Global
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- energy access, migrants, refugees
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Analysis: Digital Credit Algorithms in India: Expanding Access or Cementing Exclusion?
CFI explores how automated decision-making tools for digital credit are playing out for one demographic in India: interstate migrants.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Report Proposes Digital ID Changes for Financial Inclusion of Forcibly Displaced Persons
A report has made policy recommendations aimed at clearing the hurdles preventing forcibly displaced persons (FDPs) from having access to financial inclusion services.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Global
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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces $1 Million in Grants to Advance Inclusive Employer Practices
The WES Mariam Assefa Fund announced US$1 million in grants to eight organizations to develop career pathways that support the economic mobility and success of immigrants and refugees.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- North America
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A Food Insecurity Expert Predicts That There’s Only 10 Weeks of Wheat Supplies Left in the World as Russian Invasion Disrupts Production
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, while addressing the UN Security Council, said that Russia was holding food "hostage" not just for Ukrainians but for millions across the world.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
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Across Europe, African Students Fight to Study After Ukraine Exit
Trapped in a legal limbo, thousands of third-nation students risk seeing their years-long education vanishing into thin air.
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- Education
- Region
- Global
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A Non-Profit Venture Fund Aims to Back 200 Startups Established by Refugee Ukrainian Entrepreneurs
The fund hopes to help Ukrainian entrepreneurs who have fled to the West, founder Roman Tyan told Insider.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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- migrants, nonprofits, refugees, startups
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Google.org Announces $1.3 Million in Grants To Equip Persons With Disabilities, Women and Refugees With Digital Skills in the Middle East and North Africa
Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, announced grants totaling USD 1.3 million for three non-profit organizations in the Middle East and North Africa to help equip entrepreneurs and job seekers with digital skills over the next two years.
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- Investing
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- Global
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