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July 19, 2024
Can Smartphone-Supported Behavioral Biometrics Advance Digital Financial Inclusion?
Biometric identification has emerged as an efficient and secure way to authenticate unbanked and underserved people’s identities and facilitate their access to financial services
July 19, 2024
Grassroots Power: The Success and Promise of Local Renewable Energy Enterprises
Remote rural areas, especially in the Global South, face significant challenges in accessing clean, reliable, and renewable energy
June 14, 2024
Supporting Women’s Health is Key to Advancing Women’s Economic Power
As Director of the Ouagadougou Partnership (OP) Coordination Unit, I work with partners across nine francophone West African countries to advance reproductive health
June 14, 2024
Innovative Transport Solutions are Key to Addressing Climate Change
Asia and the Pacific, responsible for over half of global greenhouse gas emissions, is highly vulnerable to climate change
June 14, 2024
Cultivating youth-led agriculture solutions
Members of the Youth Advisory Group of Solutions for Youth Employment are leading creative agricultural solutions and empowering their peers to do the same
June 14, 2024
Adapt, assess, progress: Integrating measures of women’s empowerment into rural development projects
A new tool based on IFPRI’s Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)—developed by IFPRI and the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s
June 14, 2024
Tackling gender inequality in a climate-changed world
Agrifood and social protection systems can empower women and girls to build climate resilience. Air pollution, rising temperatures, crop failures, and water shortages are increasing
June 14, 2024
To improve Africa’s soil health and plant nutrition, empower women farmers
Healthy soils play a critical role in supporting agricultural productivity, climate change mitigation and resilience
June 14, 2024
Solar power a money-spinner for women spinning eri silk yarn
Spinning eri silk yarn – though tedious and time-consuming with a traditional tool – is a way of life for women in Meghalaya. Using solar-powered spinning machines, they now spin more yarn and earn more
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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..