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Monthly Sector Scan

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March 2023

Dear Partner,

We are back with our monthly inclusive growth sector scan!

Eight charts which show why climate change matters right now – we stumbled on this data visualization based article by CNBC while reading up on climate action! In this edition, we have handpicked 20 such latest blogs, articles, and news from a range of sectors viz. Sustainable Agriculture Water, Impact Investment, Financial Services, and , Climate Action. Hope you enjoy reading them as much as we did.

Additionally, you can download four thought-provoking reports from this edition. Scaling up Responsible Digital Payments in the Rwandan Tea Sector by Better than Cash Alliance and Ethical Tea Partnership highlights how digitizing payments can benefit both companies and tea workers. The United Nations World Water Development Report 2023 launched at the UN  2023  Water  Conference, the first United Nations Conference on water is purposed to generate  voluntary  commitments and form the Water Action Agenda. In the India Philanthropy Report 2023, Bain & Co. and Dasra summarises the state of the sector by analysing the landscape and presenting emerging trends. Microsave Consulting’s report Women risk and consumer protection in online leading platforms in Indonesia studies the multiple vulnerabilities of women as users and its impact to gender-based violence.

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Write us at dialogue@re-emergingworld.com.

See you next month!

Best Regards,
Team Re-emerging World

New Reports Launched
Read and get inspired from the latest Sector Reports
Scaling up Responsible Digital Payments in the Rwandan Tea Sector
- Better than Cash Alliance, Ethical Tea Partnership

This report provides a dual function of sharing knowledge on
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Partnerships and cooperation for water: The United Nations World Water Development Report 2023
- UN Water, UNESCO

The report was launched at the UN 2023 Water Conference, the first United Nations Conference on water and purposed to generate voluntary commitments and form the Water Action Agenda
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India Philanthropy Report 2023
- Bain & Company, Dasra

The report summarises the state of the Indian philanthropy sector by analysing the landscape and presenting emerging trends
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Women risk and consumer protection in online leading platforms in Indonesia
- Microsave Consulting

A study report on the Multiple Vulnerabilities of Women as Users and Its Impact to Gender-Based Violence
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Sector News
Sustainable Agriculture
Project Farm Gate 2.0: Sustainable farming practices and training help improve returns and yields for mango farmers in India
More sustainable farming practices lead to higher yields, better quality and cost savings for farmers. ....
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Millet cultivation in India: History and trends
The Indian government is promoting millets as part of its National Food Security Mission. Learn about this climate-resilient cereal that has a role to play in food security.....
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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....
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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. ....
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Outgrowing the Flower Pot: Why Just Selling Productive Equipment to Smallholder Farmers is Not Enough
A new wave of companies are bringing equipment powered by renewable, decentralized energy to smallholder farmers. Solar-powered refrigerators, water pumps and milling machines....
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Water
What is the UN 2023 Water Conference and why is it so important?
Our global water system is in crisis. Despite safe water and sanitation being a human right, billions of people lack access to these essentials for life, according to the United Nations.....
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10 entrepreneurs on what inspired them to tackle water insecurity
This week, the UN Water Conference will take place for the first time in 46 years.....
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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....
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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?....
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Impact Investment
11 Common Misconceptions About Impact Investing (And What The Truth Really Is)
Impact investing is a growing trend in the investment world, as more and more investors seek to generate both financial returns and social or environmental impact....
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Impact investors are now looking at India as a compelling opportunity. Here's why.
As the 2030 milestone for progress on the sustainable development goals (SDGs) draws near, more funding into achieving the SDGs is needed....
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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....
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Financial Services
Bringing Agricultural Insurance to Climate-Vulnerable Farmers: A Unique Pilot Program in Nepal Shows How to Unlock the Benefits of Index-Based Insurance for Smallholders
Nepal is uniquely vulnerable to natural disasters, including climatic ones like floods and droughts, and non-climatic ones like earthquakes and epidemics....
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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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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....
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Delivering tailored digital business training in rural Indonesia through Women Digital Ambassador
The Women Digital Ambassadors (WDA) project intended to increase the uptake of digital financial services among women entrepreneurs in rural settings....
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Women Are Being Digitally Excluded Globally – How Do We Fix That?
Digital inclusion can be truly life-changing for women, giving them access to online education and other services, new sources of information, expanded networks, new marketplaces, and potentially new financial tools previously inaccessible....
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Climate Action
Climate change: The IPCC just published its summary of 5 years of reports – here’s what you need to know
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just launched its latest report on the climate crisis.....
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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.....
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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.....
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