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August 30, 2012
How crowdfunding can deliver benefits of renewable energy to the public
Certain sectors that need the attention of the world in terms of government, aid or private funding, very often have to do without it due to resource or other constraints. Crowdfunding can be an answer to several needs of the public, as it has been for the Puerto Ricans who […]
August 30, 2012
Kiva to fund clean cookstoves in Burkina Faso
Kiva welcomed its new field partner in Burkina Faso, Entrepreneurs du Monde (EdM) which is a non-profit helping low income families start and expand micro enterprises. In Burkina Faso, Kiva will be helping EdM expand distribution channels for clean metal cookstoves. Read more about the arrangement here.
August 30, 2012
How access to clean cookstoves can help the humanitarian situation
About 80 million people live in humanitarian conditions globally – due to conflicts, or natural calamities, forced to live in temporary shelters, sometimes separated from their families. The food that is given out as aid most often needs to be cooked before it can be consumed, and inadequate addressing of […]
August 30, 2012
The biochar initiative in Kenya
Kenya’s poor are some of the world’s primary sufferers of climate change – deforestation caused a loss of nutrition in soil and late and inadequate rains every year ensured that poor farmers had to struggle to feed their families. This mobilized Salim Shaban, to fix things – forming a meaningful […]
August 30, 2012
When cooking endangers lives
About 40 per cent of the world’s population or more than 3 billion people rely on open fires to cook. This has resulted in serious fatalities for women and children who stay closest to the fires for most parts of their days. According to WHO, reliance on solid fuels for […]
August 30, 2012
Clean cookstoves marketing assessments across the developing nations
This page on the GACC (Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves) is about the Marketing Assessments of various clean cookstoves in the developing world markets, and provides a comprehensive assessment conducted by ADP (Accenture Development Partnerships). Read the assessments, intended for a high level overview of the global clean cookstove marketplace, […]
August 30, 2012
Igniting Change: A Strategy for Universal Adoption of Clean Cookstoves and Fuels
This report by the GACC (Global Alliance of Clean Cookstoves) attempts to address the needs of almost 600 million households in the world living without access to adequately clean cookstoves, endangering lives on a more alarming scale than many other known causes of life endangerment in the world – like […]
August 27, 2012
Global Investor Survey on Climate Change – Annual report on actions and progress 2011
Institutional investors are becoming increasingly concerned that climate change poses a serious challenge to their investments. This report provides the results of the second global survey of investment practices coordinated by the three investor networks on climate change – the IIGCC, based in Europe, INCR, based in North America and […]
August 27, 2012
An EU Worth Defending – Beyond Austerity to Social Investment and Inclusive Growth
NSRs (National Social Reports) are thought of as key instruments in forming European Employment Strategy. This report assesses the progress on delivery on poverty reduction, and on the other key social employment and education targets of Europe 2020, while recommendations listed in the same feature social investment package launches as […]
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GST 2.0 and Tax Cuts: Can They Make Growth Fairer and Greener?
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Reimagining Sports in CSR: From Tokenism to a Vehicle for Multiplying Impact
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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..