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Supporting Social Enterprises to Reach SDGs

Article
Voices & Views

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...

Africa
Ethiopia
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration

Entrepreneurship in Africa: Supporting Small and Medium Enterprises to Ensure Sustainable Growth

Article
Voices & Views

SMEs in developing countries face significant financing challenges due to the lack of appropriately-sized loans available to them. Needs on either end of the spectrum are – relatively – better addressed; large firms have a variety...

Africa
Mauritania
Senegal
Budget support
Economics & Public Finance
Private Sector
+1
Trade & Economic Integration

Message from Director General Fernando Frutuoso de Melo

Article
Voices & Views

The Director General for International Cooperation and Development, Fernando Frutuoso de Melo, has told capacity4dev how a revitalised EU met its commitments to aid effectiveness in 2014, and he flagged the coming year as a unique...

Communicating Development Cooperation
Development Policy

Part One: Rethinking Business Models for Sustainability

Article
Voices & Views

One of the great challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals will be finding ways of lifting populations out of poverty, which is often associated with increased consumption and production, while at the same time dealing with...

Africa
Kenya
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
+3
Private Sector
Forests
Trade & Economic Integration

Do you know where your clothes come from? – Garment Factory Conditions to be Monitored

Article
Voices & Views

Following the April 2013 disaster at a garment factory in Bangladesh, the European Commission is promoting health and safety in the global industry, as well as sustainable production, consumption and decent work.

Asia
Bangladesh
Cambodia
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration