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The Transformative Impact of Remote Work: How Online Jobs are Empowering Workers in Emerging Markets
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the largest shakeup in workforce culture since the emergence of the internet, with companies and workers embracing remote and hybrid approaches. According to Namya Sethi at Girl Power Talk, this shift continues to affect many professions years later, and these changes are having an especially pronounced effect in emerging economies. She explores how remote work is connecting global employers to local talent in emerging markets, and discusses the impacts this is having on workers, companies and business ecosystems.
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- Education, Technology
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£3.5 Million CEPREC Centre Launched to Tackle Africa’s Energy Challenges
The initiative is a collaboration among over 30 stakeholders from government, industry, and academia across the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Energy, Technology, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: As USAID Is Crushed, There Are Prospects—But Major Limits—For Private-Sector Action
"Still, attracting private capital may now be an essential lifeline for many organizations looking to keep the lights on and their critical work humming. The context is complex."
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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Bayer and Pula Foundation Partner up to Insure 10 Million Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
The collaboration aims to enhance climate resilience among smallholder farmers, protecting them against the growing impacts of droughts and floods, which threaten harvests, livelihoods, and global food security.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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WDI Names Rajat Chabba Senior Director of Innovation, Partnerships
Our parent organization, the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (WDI), has named Rajat Chabba as Senior Director of Innovation and Partnerships, a new position for the Institute.
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- Agriculture, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, Transportation
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- Global
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The Success of Climate Health Initiatives Depends on Buy-in From Government Leaders
IFC's interview with Estelle Willie at The Rockefeller Foundation explores building resilient health systems through a climate lens.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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Press Release: IFC and ACCIONA Partner to Boost Sustainable Infrastructure in Emerging Markets
ACCIONA is committed to sustainability and innovation, with a strong focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting resilient infrastructure.
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- Energy, Investing, Transportation, WASH
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- Latin America
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Analysis: How Life Sciences Innovation and Collaboration Could Halve Climate Change’s Adverse Health Effects
Investment of just 5% of the annual pharmaceutical industry's research and development (R&D) budget in climate-driven health solutions could save around 6.5 million lives and avoid $5.8 trillion in economic losses.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global