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Four Ways to Build Urban Resilience to Water Stress

Environment and Natural Resources Environmental Management Water, Energy, and Sustainable Cities Water and Wastewater Sustainable and Resilient Cities June 19, 2018

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The United Nations estimates that 68 percent of the world’s population will be concentrated in urban centers by 2050. While water and sanitation access and delivery are generally higher in urban areas, cities still face significant challenges managing, operating, and expanding critical infrastructure, as well as ensuring the financial and environmental sustainability of municipal water…

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Leadership in Development: Three Key Lessons

June 14, 2018

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“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.” — Nelson Mandela This quote from Nelson Mandela succinctly captures what I have learned to be a critical key…

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Value Chain Finance with a Digital Twist

Agriculture and Food Security Access to Finance Financial Services Economic Growth and Trade June 12, 2018

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Back in 2015 while designing our approach for USAID’s Colombia Rural Finance Initiative (RFI), a Colombian colleague and I visited a sugar smallholder who had settled in the Meta department, fleeing the civil war. On his adobe walls hung a photograph of the farmer smiling proudly next to Colombia’s President Santos, who had visited their…

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