When anaesthetist Kibret Abebe sold his family home in Addis Ababa to buy three second-hand ambulances, his relatives were worried. Eight years on, his ambulance service – the first in Ethiopia - has saved 40,000 lives and shows...
Capacity4dev (C4D): Why is the British Council an interesting actor in the area of social enterprise and development? Paula Woodman (PW): The British Council’s approach to international development and social enterprise is rooted...
The Capacity4dev editorial team worked with INTPA.G4 and provides three lessons learnt on key challenges in extending social protection coverage to people in the informal economy.
Workers in the informal economy do not usually benefit from social protection because they - or their employers - do not contribute to any scheme or fund. It is no surprise, then, that extending social protection has become...
The expansion of social protection is key for policies aiming at encouraging the transition from the informal to the formal economy. For this reason, major international actors are focusing on this goal, also included among SDGs...
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is now a well-established field in which companies are expected to take measures to improve their impacts on society and the environment. But why should businesses be more responsible, how can...
If women played the same role in the global economy as men, they could add $28 trillion to GDP by 2025 - increasing it by a quarter, according to McKinsey.
EUEI Bulletin Selected news and information on European Energy Development Cooperation No. 7 | December 2016 Dear EUEI Members, dear Readers, Getting into the spirit of Christmas giving, December’s EUEI Bulletin is a bumper...
EUEI Bulletin Selected news and information on European energy development Cooperation No.1 | June 2016 UPCOMING EVENTS u 31/05 – 01/06/2016: German Habitat Forum, Berlin, Germany | Event Details u 02/06/2016: EUEI coordination...
With countries like Myanmar approaching critical points of no return in their economic and social development, financing and support mechanisms must promote sustainable and socially-responsible growth. “We are open for business –...
