DevexCERF: The fund that functions 'like the ambulance for the UN'
19 April 2019"What CERF does best is get there very early," explains Lisa Doughten, who oversees operations of the U.N.'s Central Emergency Response Fund.
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DevexLocal entrepreneurs on funding access: 'The system is broken'
19 April 2019Investing in social entrepreneurs is an oft-touted solution to tackling development challenges. But the system designed to support them is flawed, several entrepreneurs at the Skoll World Forum tell Devex.
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18 April 2019NGOs and the U.N. are eager to use cash transfers in the humanitarian response to the Venezuela crisis, but the Colombian government has misgivings.
DevexWe-Fi summit seeks to change perceptions of women as financial risk
18 April 2019At the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative's first regional summit in Côte d'Ivoire, meeting attendees discussed changing the perception that loaning to women is risky for financial institutions.
DevexQ&A: Here's how organizations can prove they are equal-pay employers
18 April 2019Gender equality in the workplace goes beyond equal representation. It also means equal pay, and now organizations can get certified of being an equal-pay employer. An interview with Véronique Goy Veenhuys, founder and CEO at the EQUAL-SALARY Foundation.
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18 April 2019Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, head of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, speaks to Devex about why it's seeking partnerships in Europe.
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18 April 2019If corporate accountability is so great, why don’t we have it already, asks Alice Evans from King's College London.