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March 30, 2023
The world faces a water crisis — 4 powerful charts show how
Hundreds of millions of people lack access to safe water and sanitation. Will the first UN conference on water in nearly 50 years make a difference?
March 30, 2023
Closing Living Income Gaps Requires Closing Gender Gaps
Improving the living income of smallholder farming households in global supply chains requires both long term market transformation as well as creating short term opportunities
March 30, 2023
These eight charts show why climate change matters right now
These 8 charts, included in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s most recent report, provide visual clarity of the story of climate change
March 30, 2023
DEBIT: Unpacking women’s choice of financial channels
MSC unpacked women’s choice of channels for financial transactions in India, Bangladesh, Kenya, and Indonesia. The result is a tool – the DEBIT framework
March 30, 2023
What do social entrepreneurs want from impact investors?
ASHA workers are a crucial part of the public health system. Despite this, they experience precarious working conditions in the form of long hours, low wages, and a lack of social security
March 30, 2023
Innovative financing to bring clean water to drought-stricken Kenyan dairy farmers
The country is seeing increased droughts, and, with dry spells projected to increase up to 27% in severity and heat waves likely to increase in duration by up to 30 days
March 30, 2023
IDH and Tony’s Open Chain collaborate to Increase Farmers’ Incomes
IDH and Tony’s Open Chain are joining forces in a three-year partnership which aims to reduce the living income gap of cocoa farmers
March 30, 2023
Can we really take CO2 back out the air?
Tackling climate change could require sucking carbon back out of the atmosphere, according to the IPCC
March 30, 2023
Do Formal Savings Accounts Lead to Better Results for Low-Income Users?: Lessons from Two Customer-Centric Research Studies in Africa
The Savings Learning Lab was a six-year initiative that supported learning among Mastercard Foundation’s savings-focused financial inclusion programs across Africa
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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..