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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Expanding biomass energy production in India
Approximately 45% of households in rural India lack electricity, a statistic that reaches as high as 90% among the country’s poorest states. In response to this gap, a leading mini-grid social enterprise in India has begun producing electricity from a … Continue reading
Posted in Energy and Environment
Tagged Asia, biomass, electricity, energy, environment, India, Mumbai
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Addressing the burden of non-communicable diseases
This week, the United Nations General Assembly is convening on a health issue for the first time since 2001, when world leaders came together to seek solutions to the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, which was responsible for 22 million deaths in … Continue reading
Posted in Global Health
Tagged General Assembly, global health, Health, NCDs, non-communicable diseases, UN, United Nations
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Impact investing in West Africa
According to a recent report by JP Morgan and the Rockefeller Foundation, impact investments, or investments made to generate both positive financial and social returns, have grown significantly enough to constitute a new alternative asset class. In order to better … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusive Growth
Tagged Africa, Dakar, Ghana, impact investing, Nigeria, publications, Rockefeller Foundation, Senegal, West Africa
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Helping a think tank plan its future
By guest blogger Bruce Au Having an opportunity to use your skills outside of your usual job can be a truly satisfying experience. Last year I took a service sabbatical at Civic Exchange, a 10 year-old think tank based in … Continue reading
Posted in Dalberg Community, Strategy and Performance
Tagged Asia, Dalberg, environment, Hong Kong, policy, service sabbatical, strategic planning, think tank
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The value of volunteers
In 2009, an estimated 13.1 million volunteers, or two people out of every 1,000, dedicated at least four hours to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). But how much was this time worth? Nearly six … Continue reading
Posted in Global Health
Tagged Europe, Geneva, IFRC, Red Cross Red Crescent, volunteers
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