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Small merchants, big opportunity
The forgotten path to financial inclusion More than 180 million micro and small merchants operate across the developing world While individually these businesses are small, their influence within the global economy is significant: They transact over $6.5 trillion per year...
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Dakar resilience strategy
By joining 100 Resilient Cities - pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation, Dakar hopes to accelerate its evolution to become a model African city, which will have successfully aligned its rich heritage to opportunities that the 21st century offers. Dakar is...
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Protecting tigers from Asia’s infrastructure development boom
This blog draws on findings from a new report from Dalberg and WWF — Protecting Tigers from Asia’s Infrastructure Development Boom. Tigers have travelled a rocky road over the past hundred years. Decimated from rampant poaching and merciless habitat destruction,...
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Don’t forget our oceans on #GivingTuesday
The importance of the world’s oceans, and the challenges they face cannot be understated. Oceans are home to the earth’s most diverse ecosystems, and are crucial to fighting climate change as they absorb 30% of the CO2 in the atmosphere....
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Towards a cashless society
How India Stack can help persuade merchants to adopt digital payment It has been more than three weeks since the Prime Minister announced that Rs500 and Rs1,000 notes would be demonetised. And despite the rhetoric, its effects appear not so...
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Financial Inclusion Fit to Size: Customizing Digital Credit for Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania
Digital credit products represent an important financial inclusion opportunity for smallholder farmers in Tanzania, where close to 80% of the workforce is engaged in farming. Uptake of these products by smallholder farmers, however, remains limited. To address this challenge, Dalberg's...
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Global landscape study on digitizing P2G payments
At an estimated 8 trillion USD across the globe and 375 billion USD in low and lower-middle-income countries alone, person-to-government (P2G) payments make up a significant part of the payments landscape. The value proposition for digitising these payments is clear—and compelling: For...
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How Nigerian businesses can help save newborn lives
Article originally published in Ventures Africa. Each year, over 250,000 newborns die in Nigeria within their first 28 days of life – and most of these deaths are preventable. The Federal Ministry of Health has been paying attention and has...
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16 Amazing Design Agencies You Should Know About
In this article, Vivian Li from Tradecraft includes Dalberg Design as one of the 16 noteworthy agencies that produce incredible work today, yet they’re harder to surface and difficult to qualify as an agency because of the nature of their work. Vivian...
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Saving Doñana
From Danger to Prosperity Doñana is an internationally recognized wetland that has economic, environmental and social values The Doñana wetland complex includes a World Heritage site, a natural park and four Natura 2000 sites. It is famous for being Europe’s...
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Supporting Sustainable Fisheries
Making small-scale fisheries sustainable is an urgent ecological, economic and social challenge. We supported artisanal fishers as they transition to more sustainable fishing practices. URGENT NEED Making small-scale fisheries sustainable is an urgent ecological, economic and social challenge. Ocean fisheries...
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New Book: International Leaders Spell Out 17 Big Bets for a Better World
Can the fashion industry change the world? What will be on a Michelin chef’s sustainable menu in 2030? And can a digital identification significantly change basic social service in India? The book 17 Big Bets for a Better World answers...
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