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Placing Girls’ Education in the Spotlight for a Brighter Future
In developing nations, investing in girls’ education is considered the world’s most lucrative investment, with far-reaching benefits. It not only contributes to economic growth and higher incomes but also has a positive impact on reducing infant and maternal mortality rates, child marriage, HIV/AIDS, and malaria incidences. Additionally, it enhances agricultural productivity, resilience to natural disasters,…
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A New Development Finance Institution Collaborative for Equitable Health Emergency Response
While substantial resources were mobilized in response to COVID-19, the pandemic revealed critical shortcomings in the global health emergency response systems. High-income countries (HICs) consistently received life-saving tests, treatments, vaccines, and other supplies faster and at higher volumes than low- and middle-income countries (LICs and MICs): some LICs and MICs had to wait up to…
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Unlocking the Potential of Consumers to Achieve 24/7 Carbon-free Energy
Businesses are often seen as the primary drivers in the journey towards cost-effective and sustainable decarbonization. Fortunately, the technology needed to empower consumers is readily available. Some promising solutions, if expanded, could significantly reduce household electricity consumption by a substantial 900 terawatt-hours (TWh), equivalent to 27% of total consumption.
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How to Accelerate Digital Innovations for Women’s Reproductive and Sexual Health
Barriers to sexual and reproductive healthcare affect women all over the globe across cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds, age groups, and sexual orientations. It is essential to address women’s reproductive healthcare comprehensively, covering access to abortion services, contraceptives, pathways to sexual and reproductive health services, and supporting frontline health workers, many of whom are women.
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Dalberg at the United Nations General Assembly Week 2023
The theme of this year’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) aligns with Dalberg’s commitment to tackling pressing contemporary challenges: “Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals towards peace, prosperity, progress, and sustainability for all.”
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Building Bridges 2023: Innovative Financing for Impact at Scale in Education
During Building Bridges, the Education Finance Network hosted the only education-focused discussion, led by Charlie Habershon, Dalberg Associate Partner, with the help of the Education Outcomes Fund and iGravity, who manages the Impact-Linked Fund for Education.
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An Interview with Naoko Koyama, Co-Lead of Dalberg’s Gender Practice
“I am passionate to contribute towards creating livelihoods, whether it is through jobs or entrepreneurship opportunities or farming. It is an important way for people to gain the agency to get resources, invest in themselves, and gain a voice. Our experience working on DigiFarm showed that when women used digital agricultural tools, their income went…
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Scaling Impact for a Better World: An Interview with Dalberg Partner and Author Kusi Hornberger
In his newly published book, “Scaling Impact: Financing and Investment for a Better World”, Kusi Hornberger, a Partner and Global Knowledge Lead at Dalberg, makes a compelling case for reimagining our financial systems to make them more inclusive and accountable.
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Charting the Path to Global Preparedness: The Cost of Environmental Surveillance in LMICs
Environmental surveillance is part of the “critical path” to pandemic preparedness and resilience, particularly in Low- and Middle- Income Countries. Costing environmental surveillance is a crucial step toward establishing a Global Environmental Surveillance System. Between March and June 2023, Dalberg worked closely with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to cost a Global Environmental Surveillance…
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Delving Deeper: Navigating Impact in Africa — a conversation with Africa Partner Sunru Yong
“Africa has a tremendous opportunity to shape the next century and play a leading role in addressing global challenges. Our region has huge potential to have a positive impact on food systems, energy transition, climate change mitigation, aging populations around the world, and much more – and to do so as part of our own…
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