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Analysis: Closing the Access Gap for Water and Sanitation in Eastern and Southern Africa
Access to clean water and proper sanitation is a fundamental human right, yet millions of people in Eastern and Southern Africa continue to lack access to these basic services.
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- Technology, WASH
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- accelerators, hygiene, poverty alleviation, sanitation, scale, SDGs, water
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Analysis: Impact Investors Are Now Looking at India as a Compelling Opportunity. Here’s Why.
As the 2030 milestone for progress on the sustainable development goals (SDGs) draws near, more funding into achieving the SDGs is needed and a rethink of financing flows from established and emerging economies.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Africa Receives Investment Boost to Develop Water Infrastructure
Metito and British International Investment join forces to establish Africa Water Infrastructure Development platform.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- climate change, hygiene, infrastructure, sanitation, scale, SDGs, water
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Bringing Agricultural Insurance to Climate-Vulnerable Farmers: A Unique Pilot Program in Nepal Shows How to Unlock the Benefits of Index-Based Insurance for Smallholders
Nepal's topography and climatic conditions make it uniquely prone to natural disasters. As Maria Perdomo at UNCDF explains, these disasters threaten the country's economic development, and smallholder farmers and rural women are disproportionately affected. She discusses a UNCDF pilot program that brought agricultural insurance coverage to Nepali smallholders, and shares learnings from the program that could inform efforts to deliver insurance to farmers in other climate-vulnerable countries in Asia and beyond.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Finance
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Switzerland Pledges 15 Million Francs to the Bamboo-UNCDF Initiative for the Least Developed Fund
The BUILD Fund is a unique investment fund in support of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in least developed and lower middle income countries (LDCs and LMICs).
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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The Clean Cooking Alliance Releases its 2022 Annual Report
The Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) released its 2022 Annual Report, highlighting how CCA has continued to transform markets.
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- Energy
- Region
- Global
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- clean cooking, energy access, SDGs
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Press Release: IncoFin Reaches Final Close of its India Progress Fund
Investors entrusted USD 77 million of capital to the fund to continue investing in financial inclusion and the agri-food value chain in the Indian rural economy.
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- Agriculture, Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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How Indian CEOs Have Started to View ESG’s Importance on Businesses
CEOs in India, as well as globally, have begun viewing the importance of ESG initiatives in their businesses.
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- Asia Pacific
- Tags
- ESG, impact measurement, SDGs
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