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Analysis: SDG Funds Fail to Target Countries Most in Need
Research seen exclusively by ESG Clarity finds companies in SDG funds receive 75% revenue from countries that have made most progress towards the goals.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- business development, data, ESG, global development, research, scale, SDGs
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Bboxx and MTN Rwanda Partner to Connect the Unconnected Across Rwanda
Bboxx and MTN Rwanda will leverage their combined expertise and shared vision to make essential technology more accessible for all Rwandans.
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- Energy, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- data, digital inclusion, innovation, partnerships, SDGs
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Viewpoint: The World Bank Is Failing on Climate Change
If the World Bank is serious about meeting its development goals, it cannot do so without first tackling climate change.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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Swiss Impact Investor ResponsAbility Raises $106 Million for Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Fund
ResponsAbility said this investment solution aims to provide long-term financing to innovative agribusinesses.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Global
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- climate change, MSMEs, SDGs
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Analysis: It’s a Family Affair: One Billion People Benefit From Migrant Earnings
For many households, the money sent back from an overseas family member helps make ends meet, is a lifeline in a crisis, drives social mobility, and even supports the broader community.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Global
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The Global Impact of South-South Cooperation: The Case for Teaching Developing Countries’ Solutions to Business Students Worldwide
South-South Cooperation empowers developing countries to create home-grown solutions to development problems, and to share them with other countries in the Global South. According to Mette Morsing at Principles for Responsible Management Education, the business sector has a key role to play in scaling these solutions in both the Global South and North. But for that to happen, she argues that business schools must focus on increasing knowledge exchange between emerging market innovators and their peers in the developed and developing worlds.
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- Education, Technology
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Press Release: Symbiotics Investments Provides a US $10 Million Gender-Focused Bond to Khan Bank in Mongolia
This is the first bond in Mongolia with the explicit purpose of supporting the SDGs through a gender lens.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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UNICEF Report Finds Gaps and Bottlenecks in Menstrual Health Services
The data highlighted significant gaps in monitoring, evaluation, and evidence, with the need for improvements to inform policy and practice.
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- Health Care, WASH
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- Global
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