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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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Indian-Americans donate time, but could give more financially
Indian Americans volunteer at nearly double the national average but give substantially less financially. This means the Indian American community is leaving significant social impact on the table as Indian Americans are among the highest earning groups in the US...
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Dalberg establishes an office in Rwanda
Dalberg is expanding work in Africa and is proud to announce that it has recently formalized its office in Kigali. The Kigali office will work alongside Dalberg’s 23 presences worldwide to mobilize effective responses to complex global problems. "We...
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Cleaning up cooking in urban Kenya with LPG and bio-ethanol
Today in Kenya, the majority continue to cook with dirty fuels - kerosene, charcoal, and firewood - which cause significant damage to health at a household level and the environment at large. In recent years, clean modern fuels, which significantly...
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AIDA, the action insights data as a service platform, launches in 3 continents
We are launching a new and innovative Big Data platform in Uganda with UNCDF and Dalberg Data Insight. This will allow public authorities in the country to take better decisions and make stronger assessments. Think of using social media data...
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Dalberg Data Insights Identifies Areas At-Risk for Food Insecurity using Mobile Phone Data
Widespread poverty in Uganda is closely related to food insecurity and malnutrition, with 36% of children in the country chronically undernourished or stunted. For development actors to effectively respond to crisis, they must be able to understand which communities are...
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Dalberg Data Insights’ Mobile Money Dashboards Promote Financial Inclusion in Uganda
“Development and testing was a crucial learning process for the entire team, seeing how big data can be used for our work. The collaboration with the DDI team, who always provided rapid updates to the dashboard, facilitated this process.” - UNCDF ...
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New Yorkers’ contributions to a greener, greater city: a behavioral impact study
New York City is one of the first and largest cities in the United States to recognize the importance of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to commit to leading by example. In 2007, under the leadership of Mayor Michael Bloomberg,...
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