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Sustainable Now: A Festival for the SDGs
Dalberg Media works with the association Sustainable Now to build public-facing festivals focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals in cooperation with local municipalities in Denmark. Sustainable Now puts the SDGs on the agenda in municipalities to increase citizens' knowledge...
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Adopting a gender lens across all our work
Adopting a Gender Lens to the IDH Smallholder Innovation Platform In partnership with IDH, Dalberg developed a tool that provides a step-by-step guide for how to support service providers - ranging from financial services organizations to inputs providers - to...
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Aspiring Indians: new public data set and tool for improving financial health in India launched
Aspiring Indians I is the India chapter of The Human Account, a robust, holistic resource with data and insights covering six countries in Asia and Africa. Using a nationally representative sample, Aspiring Indians surveyed 3,300 respondents in 16 states in India to...
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7 design principles to create financial products for low-income consumers
Design principles are guidelines that consider the end user experience for a product. The seven principles in this set are illustrated to help deliver a financial product that meets the current and future needs of low-income consumers. The seven principles...
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What else and what more, in the name of impact?
Letter from our Managing Partner: Dear Friends, I did not intend to write a letter at the start of 2019. Years that end in 9 (with the notable exception of 1999) aren’t typically the big “let’s take stock” or “let’s tell our...
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How Development Impact Bonds work, and when to use them
Development Impact Bonds (DIBs) are a relatively new results-based financing instrument being piloted as a new way of financing innovative activities. Dalberg designs, manages and evaluates DIBs, such as the Educate Girls DIB, and many others across the globe. Yet, while we...
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Gender Lens Investing: Moving Beyond A Trend
Gender lens and gender smart investing has seen tremendous growth in the past several years – in the past year alone, the size of the public and private market has nearly doubled. There is clear investor interest in bringing a gender...
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Dalberg to host State of Aadhaar Initiative
We are excited to announce that Dalberg Advisors is hosting the State of Aadhaar initiative for 2019 and 2020. Sponsored by Omidyar Network, the initiative aims to increase the knowledge base around India’s digital ID, Aadhaar. Nearly ten years ago, the Unique...
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Employment opportunities for youth in Rwanda
Dalberg and the Mastercard Foundation’s Hanga Ahazaza initiative are partnering on a project that aims to equip 30,000 youth with tourism and hospitality skills. This initiative focuses on increasing employment opportunities for youth in Rwanda through the expansion of the...
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The missing middles: segmenting enterprises to better understand their financial needs
Small and growing businesses (SGBs) contribute to significant positive impact in emerging economies, but they struggle to access the capital they need to reach their full potential. According to the IFC, SGBs in emerging markets face a $930 billion financing gap....
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Lessons from the Educate Girls Development Impact Bond
The Educate Girls Development Impact Bond, the first DIB in India and in education globally, shows that these bonds can drive significant innovation and impact gains, even in organizations that already have a strong trajectory of delivery. The positive conclusion...
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“Where are the Men?” Emerging Design Insights and Opportunities for Reaching Young Men in The Battle Against HIV
The burden of HIV/AIDS on women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa is well known. Young women between the ages of 10 and 24 years old are two times more likely to acquire HIV as young men of the same age...
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