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Sep 01 2014
National Disaster Resilience Competition - Fact Sheet
As the recent National Climate Assessment made clear, extreme weather events—including heat waves, drought, tropical storms, high winds, storm surges, and heavy downpours—are becoming more severe. In many places these …
Climate
Sep 01 2014
The Case for Impact Sourcing
Impact sourcing is a business process service delivery model that provides quality and cost at parity with traditional business process outsourcing (BPO) services, but with optimized enhancements, such as: A …
U.S. Economic Opportunity
Aug 07 2014
Extractives and Sustainable Development
For many African countries, a significant part of GDP is derived from the natural resource extraction industry, giving great potential for that industry to catalyze economic development in many low-to-middle …
Aug 01 2014
Global Resilience Partnership: An Overview
The Global Resilience Partnership, spearheaded by The Rockefeller Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), aims to help millions of …
Climate
Jul 01 2014
Assessing Impact Investing: Five Doorways for Evaluators
Demand for evaluation services is growing in the impact investing industry. Yet, much of the evaluation community remains unaware of the industry and its performance assessment requirements. This paper proposes …
Innovative Finance Technology & Innovation
Jun 11 2014
ACCCRN City Projects (2014)
Cities around the world are facing challenges brought about by rapid increases in population and geographic spread, which places greater pressure on infrastructure and services. Climate change impacts, including rising …
Climate
Jun 11 2014
Rebuild by Design Phase 1 Evaluation Report
The unprecedented damage Hurricane Sandy caused along the East Coast of the US, especially to the densely populated New York and New Jersey coastlines, was a wake-up call to the threat that …
Climate