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Press Release: 70 Million People Gained Energy via Off-Grid Solar Despite COVID – New Report Shows
A new report shows that the off-grid solar industry continues to grow, with 70 million more people having gained access to electricity through off-grid solar power since 2019.
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- Energy
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Report: Quality Data Is Crucial to Accelerate Progress on the SDGs
New resource from GRI and UN Global Compact to spearhead global momentum on SDGs reporting.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Global
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The Power of Results-Based Funding for Poverty Alleviation: What We Learned from Africa’s First-Ever Development Impact Bond – and What’s Next
Development impact bonds (DIBs) are an innovative, results-based funding model with the potential to reduce poverty and make aid more effective. To assess their impact, a randomized controlled trial was conducted on Africa's first-ever DIB for poverty alleviation, which supported a poverty graduation program implemented by Village Enterprise. Dianne Calvi at Village Enterprise and Brian Boland at the Delta Fund (one of the nine philanthropic investors in the DIB) discuss the results of this study, what they mean for the sector, and how results-based funding can evolve to maximize its impact.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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Press Release: Swiss Public-Private Partnership Opens Doors to Projects Mobilizing Investment for the SDGs
SDG Impact Finance Initiative calls for proposals focusing on education, jobs, climate and responsible consumption/production.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Report: Africa to Drastically Accelerate Progress on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets on water, sanitation and hygiene in Africa will require a dramatic acceleration in the current rates of progress.
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- WASH
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- Global
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Analysis: Avoiding the Tragedy of the Horizon: Financing Sustainable Infrastructure in Emerging Economies
Net-zero emission goals and global targets for better environmental, social and economic outcomes are found in the Paris Accord and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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- Investing
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- Global
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Joint SDG Fund Doubles Its Portfolio to $114 Million in Catalytic Impact Investments
The UN Joint SDG Fund announced a historic expansion of its portfolio to five new markets across the globe with US $54.5 million in additional investments to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Mongolia Plans Ruinous Water Infrastructure Glut
Mongolia markets its Blue Horse programme as adaption to climate change and is securing climate funding on that basis; this rides roughshod over biodiversity hotspots
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- WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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