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March 13, 2024
Beyond Illumination: An Off-Grid Energy Provider in Indonesia Innovates to Maximize the Impact of Solar Home Systems
Indonesia’s electrification rate is far from uniform: According to our market research at All Solar World, some islands enjoy almost 100% energy access…..
March 13, 2024
Radical innovation to buzzword bingo: the spread of gender-transformative approaches in agricultural research-for-development
New research identifies the drivers of gender transformative approaches (GTAs) in agricultural research-for-development (A4RD) organizations….
March 13, 2024
Impact Management Moves Toward Standardization: How Investors are Harmonizing Their Practices — And Where More Progress is Needed
mpact investors, especially development finance institutions (DFIs), are crucial for channeling investments into emerging markets and promoting sustainable economic growth and other positive development impacts…..
March 13, 2024
Why small-scale farmers can teach us a lot about climate change
Over $2.5 billion was pledged at COP28 to support food security while combatting climate change.Small-scale farmers are responsible for up to 70% of the food produced in low- and middle-income countries…..
March 13, 2024
Can clean cookstoves ride out the carbon markets storm?
One of the world’s largest, but most overlooked, public health crises comes from an unlikely source: cooking. The World Health Organization estimates that 3.2 million people died , opens new tabin 2020 from household air pollution…..
March 13, 2024
Enabling Renewable Energy with Data-Driven Power Systems and Battery Energy Storage
RMI and NREL unveil new tools to simplify complex energy analysis and improve energy storage. These tools were launched as part of RMI’s Energy Transition Academy (ETA)…..
March 13, 2024
African smallholder farmers benefit from reduced crop losses and higher incomes from a novel pest alert service
The PRISE project shows that smallholder farmers in four African countries who received pest alerts created using earth observation data benefitted from reduced crop losses and higher incomes…..
March 13, 2024
Insights to Impact: A weekly briefing on creating sustainable and inclusive growth
This digest offers insights that can help business decision makers identify new opportunities for innovation, growth, and impact…..
March 13, 2024
How can cities mitigate the impacts of climate change?: green and gray infrastructure
What can cities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) do to protect their inhabitants and economy from the effects of climate change? Some of the most effective tools include the construction of gray and green infrastructure, urban regulations and improving the local governance framework…..
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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..