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Fishing nets into carpets

Fishing nets into carpets

23 January 2015

An inclusive business model that enables impoverished fishing communities in the Philippines to collect damaging, discarded fishing nets

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Aquafil, Cameroon, carpet tiles, Danajon Bank, fishing communities, Interface, Lake Ossa, Net-Works, Nick Hill, nylon yarn, Philippines, Zoological Society of London

Rags to riches

Rags to riches

20 April 2012

Reese Fernandez-Ruiz is creating eco-ethical fashion from recycled scrap cloth and fabrics made by women living near one of the Philippines’ biggest rubbish dumps.

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Amina Aranaz-Alunan, career potential, designer handbags, eco-ethical fashion, empowerment of women, entrepreneurial capacities, entrepreneurship, fashion designers, handicrafts, Oliver Tolentino, Payatas, Philippines, Rags2Riches, Rajo Laurel, recycled, Recycling, Reese Fernandez-Ruiz, rubbish dump, Singapore, women entrepreneurs, women's economic empowerment, World Entrepreneurship Forum

Hot topic: The many benefits of energy efficiency

Hot topic: The many benefits of energy efficiency

16 June 2011

Energy efficiency leads to increased productivity and economic output, reduced demand, reduced energy bills and an enhanced security of energy supply

Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged agribusiness, Asia, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Asian, behavior, California, challenges, clean, climate change, co2, complex, consciousness, decarbonization, developing countries, economic growth, effectiveness, emerging markets, employment, Energy Emergence: Rebound and Backfire as Emergent Phenomena, energy supply, environment, Europe, European, fossil fuel, GDP, Ghana, global partnership, globalization, Industrial Development Organization, industry, issue 6, Japan, jurisdiction, Making It magazine, Marianne Moscoso-Osterkorn, measures, Philippines, planet, policy, policymakers, rebound effect, REEEP, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, technology, Thailand, The Breakthrough Institute, theory, UNIDO, United Nations, United States of America, US, USA

The challenges faced by small island states

The challenges faced by small island states

23 March 2011

An interview with Satish Chand on island states, rising sea levels, and economic dynamics created by their small size and isolation

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged 2011, Africa, aid, airport, Asian Development Bank, biodiversity, Caribbean, coconut, coral, culture, customs, economic vulnerability, éducation, employment, environment, ethnic group, export, fertility, Fiji, fishing, freshwater, Gambia, GDP, global warming, Guadacanal, health, Indian Ocean, infrastructure, instability, land, landlocked, language, ldc, least developed countries, Line Islands, low-lying islands, Malaita, management, marine ecosystems, marine resource development, Marshall Islands, migration, mobility, Nepal, ocean, pacific, Pacific Island states, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, production, Satish Chand, sea, sea levels, seaweed, Solomon Islands, temperature, territory, tourism, unesco, vulnerable, water, World Bank

Does microfinance work?

Does microfinance work?

8 August 2010

With all the media hype surrounding new online lending platforms, such as Kiva.org, the time is right to ask if microfinance really is an effective poverty reduction tool

Posted in All Posts, Hot Topic | Tagged agriculture, Anis Chowdhury, Australia, debt, éducation, government, Grameen Bank, India, labour, liquidity-constrained societies, MFI, microfinance, microlender, Mohammad Yunus, Philippines, poverty, public health, rural industry, SME, sustainability, UN-DESA, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, University of Western Sydney, working poor, World Bank

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