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January 27, 2023
How are Mobile Money Agents Protecting Customers’ Data in Uganda?
The blog presents findings from a research study commissioned by CGAP in partnership with MicroSave Consulting (MSC). The research intends to identify good practices of responsible agents in safeguarding their customers’ data. It also sheds light on the role of providers in promoting these practices in Uganda. The study also […]
January 27, 2023
Why Businesses Must Focus on Putting People at the Heart of Climate Action Strategies
We’ve heard many pledges by businesses and governments to go further, create real and lasting change in cocoa supply chains, and ensure a better future for farming communities and our climate. However, turning those promises into action remains a challenge
January 27, 2023
A geospatial approach to understanding clean cooking challenges in sub-Saharan Africa
Universal clean cooking is a key target under Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7, with implications for several other SDGs, such as good health, gender equality and climate
January 27, 2023
COP27: A Historic But Insufficient Move Towards Climate Justice
For two weeks in November colleagues from Practical Action have been in Sharm El-Sheikh at the UN climate change conference, COP27
January 27, 2023
How needs-based climate insurance can help communities in the Pacific
When tropical cyclone Gita tore through Tonga in February 2018, not even the safest buildings in the capital city, Nuku’alofa were spared
January 27, 2023
Climate-Smart Supply Chains: Lessons for COP27 from Fairtrade
Living at the forefront of the climate crisis, farmers and workers in low-income countries are uniquely positioned to address climate challenges. Yet with many struggling to earn a living income or wage
January 27, 2023
Why the Burden on Business Women to ‘do it all’ Must Stop
Gender norms are stunting women-led enterprises, as revealed in a new report from CARE’s Ignite program. The research confirms that women entrepreneurs worldwide are so bound by gender norms
January 27, 2023
How Farmer Segmentation Can Strengthen Supply Chains and Better Support Smallholder Farmers
In a new report from the Farmer Income Lab and Business Fights Poverty, we provide more information about Farmer segmentation and how procuring companies and smallholder farmers can benefit from a segmentation approach
January 27, 2023
Access, Understanding and Trust: Breaking Down the Barriers to Women’s Participation in India’s Digital Finance Revolution
The digital gender divide has long occupied international development headlines, as gaps remain between men and women in both access to and usage of digital technologies in many emerging economies. India is no exception
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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..