[Webinar] Solutions for Women Empowerment: Unlocking Opportunities for Women and Natural Resource Companies
When: 14 November 2019, 10am ET
When: 14 November 2019, 10am ET
In Mongolia, IFC, BHP Foundation, and Unread Media hosted a “Water and Mining” Data Hackathon. 12 teams of tech savvy youth competed in developing innovative solutions to use natural resource data sets to address water issues. The winning project, “Miners” designed a water allocation decision-making model and developed an educational game to increase stakeholder knowledge.
TAI Weekly | Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI) teamed up with IFC’s Disclosure to Development program and Global Integrity to assess gaps and challenges in the publication and use of royalties data in Colombia, and to surface potential solutions to tackle them.
Forbes Georgia | IFC’s Cities Initiative leads discuss how local governments can leverage private capital and innovation to address infrastructural needs.
The $570.2 million project, which includes grants and some $350 million in private sector investment, will build 10,000 energy-efficient homes in 20 new environmentally friendly districts with good services, green spaces, and access to shops and jobs. Out of 10,000 homes, 1,500 will be social housing, 5,500 will be affordable housing, and the remaining 3,000 […]
When: 24 September, 2019, 16:00 – 17:00 (Central European Time)
ABC – Australian Broadcasting Corporation | IFC gender expert Shabnam Hameed on why domestic violence is a barrier for women in the Pacific region.
New Era LIVE | On Thursday, August 15, Bank Windhoek and IFC jointly introduced the free to use EDGE (“Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies”) green building certification system for emerging markets to its clients and stakeholders in the construction industry.
Council on Foreign Relations’ Voices from the Field features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This post is authored by Esther Pan Sloane, Head of Partnerships, Policy, and Communications at the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF).
