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The WE Empower UN SDG Challenge – a global business challenge led in partnership by Vital Voices Global Partnership and Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory at ASU – announced the five social entrepreneurs selected, amongst them was Sehat Kahani’s …

Infrastructure in Southeast Asia is facing a huge financing gap. SDG bonds are a crucial and innovative way of raising private funds. We outline how new SDG Accelerator Bonds can help de-risk investments in infrastructure. The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) …

Global fish catches are fluctuating near the highest levels ever reported, while the fraction of fish stocks that are sustainable has never been lower. Nevertheless, governments spent US$22 billion of public money on harmful fisheries subsidies in 2018. These harmful …

The Budget 2021-22 is the third issue of Imran Khan’s government. Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin was expected to explicate new pro-growth directions of the government. It reflected with fiscal allocations that are in agreement with the …

‘Female Dump Truck Driver Program’ launched in 2017 has received an overwhelming response from the women living in the impoverished area Every progressive nation ensures the inclusion of women in its socio-economic mainstream, because the world cannot have a sustainable …

The economic impact of COVID-19 may have pushed 100 million people into extreme poverty. A new IMF study proposes a framework for developing countries to evaluate policy choices that can raise long-term growth and mobilize more revenue. To meet the …

The novel COVID-19 virus has caused an economic shock three times worse than the 2008 financial crisis. It has been a crisis like no other shutting shops and schools, closing borders and putting half of humanity under some form of …

The growing COVID-19 crisis threatens to disproportionately hit developing countries, not only as a health crisis in the short term but also as a devastating social, economic and political crisis. At present the bigger challenge for the world and for …

The world loses about 15 billion trees a year. The UpLink Trillion Trees Challenge called for solutions to the loss of forests, which are critical to the health of the planet. Artificial intelligence, satellites, drones and data are being deployed …

Social enterprises have the potential to change entire industries. An example from the chocolate industry shows the potential for responsible practices sparking a widescale sustainability transition. Investors should therefore dedicate funds to strengthen the influencing capacity of social enterprises. Tony’s …

Millions more people could be pushed into extreme poverty by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new United Nations study says. A sluggish economic recovery will add 200 million to the number of the world’s poorest. But this could be avoided if …

Nationwide campaign of Bahria University to promote Blue Economy of Pakistan Whenever we think of water the thing which comes in our mind is life representing its importance and enforces me to call all oceanic activities as Blue Gold. Oceans …