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September 3, 2024
Enhancing rural livelihoods in India: evidence-based policy evolution and innovation
How best can we enhance livelihoods and reduce poverty? Traditional policies focus on capital accumulation..
September 3, 2024
Empowering Poor Populations: How Business Can Transform Poverty Relief
Discover how innovative strategies and the Poverty Stoplight model can transform..
September 3, 2024
How A Farmer Cooperative Is Overcoming Challenges And Improving Their Livelihoods
Grameen implements the five-year Sustainable Coconut Project in Philippines Davao Region..
September 3, 2024
Bridging the digital divide: How Vua is bringing GenAI and SMS to small-scale fishers
Startups are increasingly using Generative AI (GenAI) to streamline their operations..
September 3, 2024
Upskilling small-scale entrepreneurs to drive economic growth in India
How building digital, financial and business capability of nano and micro entrepreneurs..
June 13, 2023
Understanding Local Markets Can Create Green Jobs and Improved Livelihoods in African Cities
The transition to a green economy offers the prospect of an improved environment and better livelihoods
June 13, 2023
Meet the ‘forest fishers’ restoring mangroves and livelihoods in Mexico
Residents of the Mexican community of Costa de San Juan have restored more than 350 hectares (865 acres) of mangrove forest in the Alvarado Lagoon System in the Gulf of Mexico
February 18, 2023
How Did Bancolombia Create a Successful Rural Agent Network at Scale?
Rural agent business models can play a critical role in expanding financial inclusion. As part of CGAP’s Agent Networks at the Last Mile initiative, we’ve identified providers across the world that have been successful in developing such models at scale
February 18, 2023
To Support Global Supply Chains, We Need to Help Small Businesses
The lack of credit for small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in global trade stifles growth and makes supply chains more vulnerable
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06 Key Lessons for informing policy decisions: Mainstreaming tribal-specific climate adaptive capacities in vulnerable coastal regions within National Action Plan on Climate Change
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Four Key Lessons for Policy Consideration: Scaling Climate Adaptive Capacities among Small and Marginal Farming Communities in the Sundarbans
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Five Key Lessons for Policy Consideration: Scaling Climate Action Programs for Landless Rural Communities in Semi-Arid Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin in South Asia
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GST 2.0 and Tax Cuts: Can They Make Growth Fairer and Greener?
India's latest GST reform, being termed as GST 2.0, is more than just slashing rates. By simplifying the tax structure, cutting levies on essentials, and supporting renewable infrastructure, it's open..
Reimagining Sports in CSR: From Tokenism to a Vehicle for Multiplying Impact
In 2023–24, Indian companies spent about ₹1,396 crore of their CSR budgets on sports — just 4% of the total ₹34,909 crore Indian corporates spent on CSR that year. Most of the rest went to edu..
Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
Under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), India has 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) spread across 27 states and 6 Union Territories. Each of these small, self-governed, and peer-co..