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Next steps for the SDG Impact Standards

Valuable feedback from public consultation for our Standards for Private Equity funds and SDG Bond Standards.  


Sweet dreams are made of bees

In Costa Rica, beekeepers receive vital support to increase honey production.  


COVID-19 ravages an already desperate Yemen

Yemen is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. COVID-19 is ready to deliver a knock-out punch.  


Data Philanthropy, International Organizations and Development Policy: Ethical Issues to Consider

This paper seeks to highlight the normative risks that should be considered before entering into certain data philanthropy arrangements.  


The communities who protect the world's rarest buffalo

Indigenous people in the Philippines fight to save the critically endangered tamaraw.  


UNDP Private Sector Strategy 2018-2022

UNDP’s Private Sector Development and Partnership Strategy (2018-2022) aims to assist countries to align private sector activities and investments with the 2030 Agenda.  


Catalyzing Private Sector Investment in Climate Smart Cities

The objective of this report is to explore innovative financing instruments and approaches for catalyzing private sector financing to fill the climate-smart investment gap in cities.  


"It's my bank for my children's future."

Restoring small farms and forests in Samoa.  


"Even if I'm far away, I can make my message heard."

Radio broadcasts reach Peru's indigenous people in their own languages.  


Informal innovation: It’s not a bug, it’s a feature

History has shown that small innovations, taken together, can have big results.  

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