5 Tips for Funding Advocacy
4 minutes read Philanthropy’s appetite for supporting advocacy has grown significantly in recent years. Many funders who seek to achieve lasting impact on the issues that are important to them are turning to advocacy as a way of nurturing or creating the conditions for systemic change. Rather than funding the ‘downstream’ consequences of an issue, […]
Advanced Digital Innovation Changing the Face of Banking in Cambodia
6 minutes read “Technology has transformed the banking sector in Cambodia, leading to economic growth and the emergence of Wing Bank and its financial revolution through Bionic Innovations and Digital Loan.” In recent years, Cambodia has experienced a remarkable transformation in its banking sector, propelled by the integration of bionic innovations. The fusion of cutting-edge […]
AVPN-UNDP Webinar: Financing Solutions for Social Protection in COVID-19 Response and Recovery
The global pandemic has posed major development challenges affecting the lives of millions of people around the world. COVID-19 response measures have curtailed economic activities and placed a growing number of individual’s livelihoods at risk, with many slipping below the poverty line with narrow options for recovery.
Changing the Trajectory of the Next Generation: Ranjith M’s Story of Thriving
This story is an excerpt from Dream a Dream’s new book “When we Thrive, Our World Thrives: Stories of Young People Growing Up With Adversity” authored by Dr. Connie K Chung, EdD with Vishal Talreja, Dream a Dream staff and programme participants. 5 min read At the age of 12, Ranjith first encountered Dream a […]
Climate-Smart Rice Cultivation Systems
Dr. Reddy’s Foundation Rice is one of the most important food crops globally and in India, the second largest rice-producing country after China with over 45 million hectares under cultivation. Rice production in India faces a number of challenges, from the plummeting water table and unsuitable soils to soaring input prices for farmers. The changing […]
COVID-19’s Impact on Asia’s Children Threatens the Region’s Human Capital: We Can Help to Conserve It
7 mins read A recent pathbreaking global report found that COVID-19 related lost schooling will result in up to $17 trillion dollars of lower future lifetime earnings for today’s students, equivalent to roughly 14 percent of global GDP. These losses are disproportionately borne by regions like South Asia, where children have lost nearly three times […]
Digitizing Financial Education: A solution to improving financial literacy and inclusion
4 min read Financial inclusion is identified as a key enabler to achieving eight of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. To achieve the goals, many governments and civil society organizations have been working on providing access to financial services and products to the unbanked. However, without the right understanding and financial skills among […]
Embracing Digital-Led Financial Ecosystems for A Better Lifestyle
8 minutes read By enabling convenient and secure transactions, digital financial ecosystems have significantly improved lifestyles, empowering people with greater financial freedom and control. The rise of digital-led financial ecosystems has revolutionized the way people live, enabling swift and efficient transactions, expanding financial service access and empowering individuals by allowing them to take greater control […]
Empowering Women Communities During Times of Disempowering COVID-19
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The COVID-19 experience has removed any doubts about how inextricably countries, communities and societies are linked. It has also clearly highlighted that while responding to crises and providing relief during such global pandemics is critical, what is even more important is building resilient societies and communities that can weather such storms in future.
