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Protecting people through nature
Natural world heritage sites as drivers of sustainable development. Natural world heritage sites provide important economic, social and environmental benefits to people. these sites are recognized internationally for their outstanding universal value as places with “significance which is so exceptional as to transcend...
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When it comes to blended finance, Canada leads by example
Originally published by Devex. We are on the cusp of a radical shift in how we finance solutions to the world’s most pressing global development challenges. Here’s why: Official development assistance is now dwarfed by flows from private investors, philanthropists...
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The Landscape for Impact Investing in South Asia: a new report by Dalberg and the GIIN
Impact investing — investments that intentionally seek social and/or environmental impact alongside a financial return — holds significant potential to help meet base of the pyramid (BoP) needs in South Asia. But until now, the scope of the impact investing...
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Great Barrier Reef under threat from planned port expansions to export fossil fuels
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system and the only living structure that can be seen from space with the naked eye. Located on the eastern coast of Australia, the Reef is home to thousands of...
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The Rapidly Disappearing Business of Design
In this opinion piece on Wired, Robert Fabricant offers his reflections on the rapid consolidation of the design business in 2014 and makes the case for a healthy, independent design practice to tackle broader social issues that do not fit...
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When Will Design Get Serious About Impact?
Interest in human-centered design (HCD) has been building in the public sector and international development over the last few years thanks to Clinton Global Initiative and other forums. I no longer get puzzled expressions when I mention that there are designers working at UNICEF...
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Direct-to-farmer finance: business models for serving the hardest-to-reach smallholders
An estimated 90 percent of smallholder farmers lack strong, consistent relationships with buyers – and the access to finance, inputs, agronomic training and other support that typically accompanies those relationships. The way these smallholders operate – outside a tight value...
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Direct to Farmer Finance Innovation Playbook
Innovation can help direct-to-farmer finance providers better serve farmers by addressing the challenges associated with direct-to-farmer lending. Existing challenges – such as lending risks and service delivery – are exacerbated at scale; investing in innovation can help direct-to-farmer finance providers...
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The Ethics of Innovation
By Robert Fabricant, Co-Founder of Dalberg Design, and Christopher Fabian, Co-Founder of UNICEF’s Innovation Unit. This article was originally published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Technology is all about making new stuff, agility and adaptability, and knowing what’s next. It’s fast. It’s...
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Transforming secondary education in Nigeria
Nigeria has introduced 34 trade subjects as part of the Senior Secondary Education Curriculum reform in order to make secondary school education functional, equipping students for employment and entrepreneurship. This report was commissioned by the Ford Foundation to provide a...
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What makes a “world-class” city ?
Originally published by the Stanford Social Innovation Review Atop the gleaming Four Seasons Hotel in Worli, Mumbai, wealthy locals and affluent tourists sit on plush couches and sip $18 cocktails. From this glamorous rooftop bar, five-star hotels, gleaming condominium towers,...
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Meet Your New R&D Team: Social Entrepreneurs
Corporate Social Responsibility is generally viewed as a way to “give back” to communities that a business operates in. What happens when you reverse that model and place these investments at the front-end of your corporate innovation strategy? In this post...
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