June 2, 2017/AfDB On May 24, 2017 at the 52nd Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council meeting, the GEF approved a total funding of US $11.2 million for two projects co-financed with the African Development Bank (AfDB). The projects, one in Mali (Scaling up a Multiple Benefits Approach to Enhance Resilience […]
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Rethinking Land: ALSF identifies innovative approaches to land investment
June 2, 2017/AfDB The attendance of two African ministers, an operations director of the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), and an expert on sustainable investments helped to ensure that the African Legal Support Facility’s (ALSF) high-level roundtable discussion on land investment was as exhaustive and illuminating as possible. Entitled […]
Mexico’s Capital Taps Mastercard to Make City More Digital
1/6/2017/Mastercard Bernhard Mors As people all over the world are leaving rural areas and moving to cities in search for jobs, education and a better life, city governments are challenged to meet the expectations of a growing urban population. When the UN General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals in […]
