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Key Happenings, Insights, Reports,
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December 2022

Dear Partner,

Thank you for staying with us for a year now!

Since January 2022, we have tried to serve you every month with handpicked blogs, articles, sector news, reports, and events. Hope you enjoy reading them as much as we do while curating the monthly inclusive growth sector scans.

For any suggestions or feedback, do not hesitate to write us at dialogue@re-emergingworld.com.

In the last edition of this year, we have selected 21 latest blogs, articles, and sector news from 7 different sectors viz. Sustainable Agriculture, Clean Energy, Climate Action, Financial Services, Impact Investment, Livelihood, and Sanitation.

Additionally, you can download six insightful reports from this edition.

UK AID’s report From Risks to Rewards, consolidates findings from studies in Pakistan, Kenya, and Malawi to inform future program activities that companies with agricultural supply chains might be exploring in partnership with other stakeholders. Accion in its report The impact of digital transformation on underserved microbusinesses, presents six key learnings to highlight the potential of similar programs in driving economic prosperity amongst micro and small businesses by providing access to digital products and services. How social entrepreneurs tackle gender inequality following COVID-19 by Ashoka consolidates the collective wisdom of 40+ social entrepreneurs and includes case studies that exemplify their innovative approaches to creating a more equitable world for women and girls. In Carbon billionaires: The investment emissions of the world’s richest people, Oxfam highlights how the richest populations play a disproportionately large role in the fossil fuel economy, primarily through their investments and the need to take urgent actions. Inclusion Pays: The Returns on Investing in Women in Agriculture sheds new light on the benefits to women, businesses, and investors of investing in women in agriculture through an analysis of 10 years of Root Capital’s global data. IFC and IFAD have consolidated the best practices, case studies, and hands-on guidelines on small-scale irrigation in Handbook for Scaling Irrigation Systems.

Do not forget to mark your calendars for the upcoming events by Business Fights Poverty and IQVIA. You can find the details below.

See you in 2023!

Best Regards,
Team Re-emerging World

New Reports Launched
Read and get inspired from the latest Sector Reports
From Risks to Rewards: Overcoming the impacts of climate change on women in agricultural supply chains
- UK AID

This report consolidates findings from studies in Pakistan, Kenya and Malawi to inform future programme activities that companies with agricultural supply chains might be exploring in partnership with other stakeholders.
Download Report
The impact of digital transformation on underserved microbusinesses
- ACCION

The report presents six key learnings to highlight the potential of similar programs in driving economic prosperity amongst micro and small businesses by providing access to digital products and services
Download Report
How social entrepreneurs tackle gender inequality following COVID-19: Insights from Ashoka’s collective impact initiative
- Ashoka

The report consolidates collective wisdom of 40+ social entrepreneurs and includes case studies that exemplify their innovative approaches in creating a more equitable world for women and girls
Download Report
Carbon billionaires: The investment emissions of the world’s richest people
- OXFAM

The report highlights how the richest populations play a disproportionately large role in the fossil fuel economy, primarily through their investments and the need to take urgent actions
Download Report
Inclusion Pays: The Returns On Investing In Women In Agriculture
- Root Capital

Through an analysis of 10 years of Root Capital’s global data, the report sheds new light on the benefits to women, businesses, and investors - of investing in women in agriculture.
Download Report
Handbook for Scaling Irrigation Systems
- IFC and IFAD

The Handbook presents best practices, case studies, and hands-on guidelines on small-scale irrigation (SSI) for better soil and water management in the context of smallscale agriculture, with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Download Report
Sector News
Sustainable Agriculture
Five ways process evaluation is helping us evaluate an aquaculture project in Bangladesh
Integrating mixed-methods approaches with impact evaluations like process evaluations and implementation studies has been in practice for a while, and for very good reasons. In this blog....
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Leave No One Behind: Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices Boost Sustainable Productivity Growth for Farmers in Mozambique
The central region of Mozambique has experienced a decline in agricultural production in recent years. Drought, flooding, and strong winds....
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Monetising carbon credits: How Indian farmers can benefit
The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which was introduced and passed in the Lok Sabha on August 8, incorporated the aim of developing the domestic carbon market....
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Leaning into Resilience: Three Ways Small and Growing Agriculture Businesses Have Navigated Global Crises – And How Investors Can Support Them
The past few years have presented challenges to small and growing businesses (SGBs), especially in emerging markets....
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Impact Investment
Slow-Motion Extinction? Or Can Impact Investors Reinvigorate Pro-Poor Financial Inclusion?
For years, the high impact outreach of the “pro-poor” financial inclusion sector was the darling of impact investors, attracting by far the largest share of funding....
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From $1.90 to $2.15 a day: the updated International Poverty Line
The World Bank has updated the methods it uses to measure incomes and poverty around the world. What does this mean for our understanding of global poverty?....
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Demand For Impact Investing Is Rising. Here’s Why
When leaders think of investing, their minds often jump to publicly traded stocks or bonds. But that’s starting to change with the rapid growth of private markets....
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Climate Action
Climate change and food security in the Global South
The Global South experiences a disproportionate impact of climate change which in turn leads to food insecurity....
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How construction avoids climate catastrophe – Building to COP27 and beyond…
We are in a decade of reckoning for climate action – so will we see a breakthrough in the building sector by 2030? ....
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Climate Change and Rising Consumer Risks: The two go hand-in-hand
The intersection of consumer protection and climate is a relatively new area of research and brings together two of CFI’s key research themes. Exploring this intersection, CFI considers how we can contribute towards a new perspective....
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Clean Energy
Catalyzing Capital for Sustainable Growth in the Off-grid Energy Sector
Africa’s burgeoning market for off-grid energy is helping the region contribute to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 7....
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IIT Madras generates power from sea waves, aims to go commercial by 2024
In a development that might help India achieve its climate change-related goal of generating 500 Gw (gigawatt) of renewable energy by 2030....
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Financial Services
Beyond Outreach: Integrating Gender in Business Processes for Financial Inclusion
Inclusive financial institutions (IFINs), such as microfinance lenders, have long focused on expanding access to services for women....
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Sustaining digital payments growth: Winning models in emerging markets
Digital payment transactions are skyrocketing in emerging markets as innovations proliferate. Banks, fintechs, and telecom companies must quickly develop their strategy....
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Friend or Foe to the World’s Poor? Settling the Microfinance Debate
Since coming into the spotlight in the early 1980s, microfinance has undeniably grown into a sizeable global industry estimated to exceed $180 billion USD and serve about 200 million customers....
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Livelihood
Farmers’ Voice Radio for Sustainable Farmer Livelihoods
Malawi is one of the world’s poorest countries, and most of the population live in rural areas. Tea is the country’s second biggest export crop and largest employer....
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Remittances Grow 5% in 2022, Despite Global Headwinds
Remittances to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) withstood global headwinds in 2022, growing an estimated 5% to $626 billion....
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Why we need a gig economy that works for everyone
For many, the gig economy is not a helpful side hustle but a vital source of income....
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Sanitation
How sanitation collectives in India help the marginalized earn livelihood and respect
Deepa (name changed), a 36-year-old transgender woman, had to flee her home in southern India when she was 18....
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Speaking of Toilets... A Chronicle Conversation with "Mr. Toilet", Jack Sim
Ahead of World Toilet Day, the UN Chronicle spoke with Jack Sim, Founder and Director of the World Toilet Organization....
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We Need to Help Small Businesses on the Front Lines of Water and Sanitation in Asia
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises play a crucial role across the water and sanitation value chain. They need innovative financing solutions....
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