over 12 years ago // New York #GlobalDev Week
Speaking with Devex Impact on the sidelines of the Clinton Global Initiative annual conference in New York last week, the GAVI Alliance’s David Ferreira described the difficulties of managing a global cold-chain for vaccines and announced two new initiatives for improving those supply chains.
over 12 years ago // New York #GlobalDev Week: CGI
Today at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, two NGOs at the forefront of women’s economic empowerment, Vital Voices and WeConnect, announced a commitment with 21 partners, including 14 multinationals, to source $1.5 billion globally from women-owned businesses by 2018.
over 12 years ago // Discussion: Goldman Sachs' 10,00 Women
How did Goldman Sachs use real-time data collection to improve their women’s entrepreneurship initiative? Join the conversation with Goldman Sachs’ Noa Meyer, Bridgespan’s Jeri Eckhardt Queenan, and Women’s World Banking’s Harsha Rodrigues.
over 12 years ago // New York #globaldev Week
Want comprehensive coverage of next week’s Clinton Global Initiative, Social Good Summit, United Nations General Assembly and other international development events in Manhattan? Here’s what you can expect from Devex.
over 12 years ago // Slideshow: Private-sector partnerships
USAID and Wal-Mart this week inked a deal for the agency to use the retail giant’s supply chains to distribute food aid worldwide. Check out our selection of joint projects between both entities since 2002.
over 12 years ago // Vuvuzela
Devex Impact readers sound off on whether and how NGOs should engage corporates who want to invest in emerging markets.
over 12 years ago // Development Buzz
One of the most exciting and innovative ideas behind today’s public-private partnership is “shared value,” the notion that companies can increase their competitiveness by solving social and economic challenges. So why are some of those who are deeply engaged in this work so reluctant to talk about it?
over 12 years ago // Exclusive interview: Tim Docking
By choosing to locate its 12th global research lab in Nairobi, Kenya, IBM is signaling its desire to help find ‘local solutions’ to development challenges, said Tim Docking, who heads the company’s Emerging Markets Funding group. In an exclusive interview, he told Devex Impact where the company sees business opportunity on the continent.
over 12 years ago // Business insights: Corporate partnerships
This week development policy makers, practitioners and social entrepreneurs gather in Aspen, Colorado, for the 10th Annual Blum Roundtable on Global Development. This year’s topic: Private sector engagement. Devex Impact editor Andrea Useem looks at the policy brief that shaped the conversation.
over 12 years ago // Exclusive interview: Farron Levy
International corporate volunteerism is an increasingly popular tool for companies to explore new markets and engage employees, but many companies shy away from measuring their programs’ effectiveness. Farron Levy, president of consulting firm True Impact, explains why companies shouldn’t fear the numbers.