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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
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
“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
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…
Four Ways to Build Urban Resilience to Water Stress
June 19, 2018
The United Nations estimates that 68 percent of the world’s population will be concentrated in urban centers by…
4 Best Practices to Make Agriculture Insurance More Available and Affordable
May 29, 2018
This post originally appeared on Agrilinks. Farming is a risky livelihood throughout the world. But for smallholder farmers…
Can Robotics Curb Brain Drain in Moldova?
May 25, 2018
This activity was one of four winners of Chemonics’ recent Market Systems and Youth Enterprise Development Innovation Contest within the…
