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Union Bank partners GIZ to assist SME development in Sri Lanka

Director / Chief Executive Officer of Union Bank, Anil Amarasuriya stated, “as we work towards our vision of becoming the preferred Bank for SMEs in the country, implementing and adopting programmes that complement our SME nexus is our primary focus. This partnership with GIZ to support small and medium businesses will help to further strengthen our position in the SME banking sphere.”

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on May 21, 2013

Evidence on Demand Topic Guide: Agriculture and Growth

Evidence on Demand Topic Guide: Agriculture and Growth

evidenceondemand.info –

The Evidence on Demand team is excited to announce the release of its first ever Topic Guide. Entitled ‘Agriculture and Growth’, it marks the start of a series of Topic Guides designed to support the professional development of DFID advisers and other development professionals.* Agriculture and ‘pro-poor growth’ The purpose of this Guide is to stimulate thinking about ‘pro-poor growth’—in which agriculture is expected to play a major role. Agriculture and Growth outlines the supporting more...

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Ollie Lister on May 21, 2013

Innovations for Citizen Engagement in Fragile States

Innovations for Citizen Engagement in Fragile States

slideshare.net –

This presentation by Soren Gigler (on May 08, 2013) provides an overview about several cases showing how innovations in ICTs can be leveraged to improve the delivery of public services to poor communities. Under which conditions can technologies be transformational in fragile states? What are the opportunities and critical challenges in particular in the context of fragile states? The presentation was part of the session on Using Innovative Approaches for Enhancing Citizen Engagement in Fragile more...

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John Daly on May 21, 2013

ELLA BRIEF: Focus Cities Programme: Multi-stakeholder Participation in City Governance

ella.practicalaction.org –

Cities are challenged by a variety of environmental problems, most of which are associated with failures in the way urban growth is planned and managed. The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) set up the Focus Cities Research Initiative to address these urban management challenges. It was unusual in that it supported both research and action, and used multi-stakeholder teams to employ action-research and work in partnership with local government and civil society to identify more...

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Mark Turner on May 21, 2013

Small enterprise impact investing - Exploring the “Missing Middle” beyond microfinance

Small enterprise impact investing - Exploring the “Missing Middle” beyond microfinance

This Symbiotics publication written by the CEO Roland Dominicé looks at specific needs of SMEs (mostly MSEs actually) and the various vehicles to fund them (MFIs upscaling, banks downscaling and SME funds).

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on May 21, 2013

GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report: Conflict and development in Sudan: Key research institutions

There are a limited number of UK-based research institutes that include a focus on conflict and development in Sudan. Experts indicate that the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) is the main organisation involved in Sudanese research. Other research institutes that incorporate Sudan or South Sudan in their programming include: the Royal African Society; the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House); ODI; Justice Africa; and the Institute of Development Studies. Some of the more more...

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GSDRC Applied K... on May 21, 2013

FrontlineSMS and Oro Verde: Market Price information via SMS in Colombia

FrontlineSMS and Oro Verde: Market Price information via SMS in Colombia

frontlinesms.com –

The Oro Verde Program, a social enterprise committed to supporting mining communities in Colombia shares a case study on the impact market prices via SMS have had on ensuring miners have access to current Gold prices. This pilot has demonstrated the potential of SMS in improving the way market prices are communicated to miners; both in terms of efficiency, and the utility of the information shared. This case study details how the Oro Verde Program set their Price SMS more...

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D C on May 21, 2013

Harnessing All Resources To End Poverty

Harnessing All Resources To End Poverty

devinit.org –

The world has changed dramatically since 2000 when the Millennium Development Goals were agreed. The goal to halve extreme poverty was realised ahead of schedule and there is growing consensus that the end of poverty is achievable within a generation. Developing countries now have access to a larger and more diverse range of resources than ever before and, as the world sets priorities through the post-2015 framework, we need to consider how different resource flows – public and private, more...

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D C on May 21, 2013

The Power of Social Networks to Drive Mobile Money Adoption

The Power of Social Networks to Drive Mobile Money Adoption

This study identifies and explores the key drivers of mobile money (MM) adoption by comparing data from three African countries. It uses innovative analytics and data mining techniques. It processes findings from a data set of 7 billion transactions performed by more than 10 million mobile phone users over 7 months. The study reveals two key variables that indicate a higher propensity to adopt MM. The first variable is the social network and social interactions of the mobile user. Individuals more...

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D C on May 21, 2013

Civil Society and Civic Engagement in the Arab States Region

Civil Society and Civic Engagement in the Arab States Region

The peoples’ movement that spread across North Africa and other parts of the Arab world in 2011 expressed a growing demand for government accountability, especially by the younger generation. It resulted in political transitions or reforms in half a dozen countries, affecting the lives of over 100 million people. In spite of significant gains, many countries still face pressing problems - civil unrest, rising unemployment, weak institutional capacities and challenges in ensuring fair elections more...

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D C on May 21, 2013

FrontlineSMS and Oro Verde: Market Price information via SMS in Colombia

frontlinesms.com –

The Oro Verde Program is a social enterprise committed to supporting mining communities in Colombia; helping support use of sustainable mining techniques and access to fair prices. The Oro Verde Program has been using FrontlineSMS software for sending and receiving text messages, in order to provide an accessible market price information system to the communities they support. This service has been piloted to show its potential to improve the way that market prices are communicated to miners; more...

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D C on May 21, 2013

Immersion, Service, and Civic Engagement in South Africa

Immersion, Service, and Civic Engagement in South Africa

poseidon01.ssrn.com –

The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways in which study abroad, immersion, and service can be combined in a way that is most beneficial for the students and the local communities where the students visit. To examine this issue, I focus on a few specific questions: What is the purpose of a study abroad experience? What is cultural immersion and is it an important goal for study abroad programs? What are the advantages and disadvantages of establishing a 'community service' project as more...

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D C on May 21, 2013

Lowering barriers to adoption isn’t just one approach – it’s critical to real ‘scale’

Lowering barriers to adoption isn’t just one approach – it’s critical to real ‘scale’

frontlinesms.com –

Critics of ICT for development (although this post applies at least as well to ICT in any field, including business) are keen to see technologies moving beyond endless pilots to rolling out at real ‘scale’. Organizations have to shift from whatever technology or communications channel was in use before, to that plus SMS, or maybe just SMS. This is complex enough, requiring users to think through what is different about SMS than their previous solution – there may be privacy and data integrity more...

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D C on May 21, 2013

Civic Engagement of Youth in the Middle East and North Africa

Civic Engagement of Youth in the Middle East and North Africa

mercycorps.org –

In the wake of the Arab Awakening, Mercy Corps and other agencies are grappling with the question: How can the recent surge of self-assertion and of political activism by Arab youth be harnessed to promote more participatory governance and equitable development within the region? To help answer this question, Mercy Corps recently undertook research into what works to promote youth civic engagement in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and what benefits can be expected for the youth who more...

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D C on May 21, 2013

AFP, China Daily Coverage of AidData/CGD Study of Chinese Development Finance to Africa

AFP, China Daily Coverage of AidData/CGD Study of Chinese Development Finance to Africa

blog.aiddata.org –

Over the last several weeks, there has been a fair amount of media coverage related to AidData's publication of a new database of Chinese development finance to Africa (available at china.aiddata.org) and a new working paper from AidData and CGD staff and faculty affiliates. Some media outlets have characterized our findings more accurately than others. Agence France-Presse (AFP) ran an article article entitled “China Ranks Second to US in Money to Africa” and did a reasonably good job of more...

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D C on May 21, 2013

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