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News: Chemonics and University of Notre Dame Tackle Global Development Challenges in New Partnership
Corporate Partnerships Public Private Partnerships and Investment May 19, 2020
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Evolving partnership connects master’s degree students and their professors with international development professionals to explore solutions for community natural resource management, private sector engagement, and beyond.
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Building an Inclusive and Accessible Remote Work Environment
May 15, 2020
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Accessible and inclusive remote environments benefit everyone, not only persons with disabilities and caregivers. These are some best practices to ensure inclusive remote work environments.
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News: Chemonics Co-Organizes the First-Ever Global Digital Development Forum
May 14, 2020
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Chemonics partners with six leading development entities to hold the all-virtual, first-ever Global Digital Development Forum for exploring best practices and innovation in ICT4D
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News: Chemonics Invests in Young Innovators’ Promising Development Solutions
December 5, 2019
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Agriculture and Food Security
Climate-Smart Agriculture
Corporate Partnerships
Cross-Sector Development
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Environment and Natural Resources
Environmental Management
Improved Production Practices and Technologies
Water and Wastewater
Food Security
Capacity Building
The company's investment of cash and in-kind services recognizes scalable solutions to global development challenges created at recent UNLEASH global innovation lab.
She Is an Agripreneur: Enabling Female Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness
October 22, 2019
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Agriculture and Food Security
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Inclusive Agricultural Market Systems and Value Chains
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
Food Security
When economically empowered, women reinvest in their communities — leading to greater self-reliance, prosperity, and food security. To support these outcomes, the development community should adopt high-impact initiatives for female entrepreneurs in the agriculture sector.
News: Building Resilience Through Market Systems: Chemonics Presents at SEEP 2019
October 21, 2019
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Economic Growth and Trade
Agriculture and Food Security
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Financial Services
Gender Equality
Climate Change
Data Visibility
From October 21 to 23, Chemonics experts are participating in the SEEP Network Annual Conference, leading peer learning sessions on financial inclusion and resilience.
3 Questions with Roula Moussa on Private Sector Engagement in Lebanon
September 26, 2019
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Economic Growth and Trade
Public Private Partnerships and Investment
Business Enabling Environment
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
After pitching and scaling a digital platform, Roula Moussa, CEO of Netways, shares insights on how the development community can better engage the private sector.
Maximizing the Power of Climate Data by Building Trust
September 25, 2019
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Agriculture and Food Security
Climate Change
Climate-Smart Agriculture
Business Enabling Environment
Economic Growth and Trade
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Improved Production Practices and Technologies
Inclusive Agricultural Market Systems and Value Chains
Environment and Natural Resources
As populations around the world are increasingly affected by climate change, we must build trust in climate data to foster greater resilience.
3 Questions with Najib Seguya on Pay-for-Results Financing
September 17, 2019
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Economic Growth and Trade
Access to Finance
Business Enabling Environment
Agriculture and Food Security
Youth Workforce Development
Empowering Youth
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Pay-for-results can drive effective, cost-efficient development programming. Najib Seguya shares lessons learned on this results-based financing mechanism.
To Respond to the Venezuelan Migration Crisis, Let’s Also Tap the Private Sector
September 5, 2019
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Economic Growth and Trade
Public Private Partnerships and Investment
Human Rights
Vulnerable Groups
Financial Services
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Peace, Stability, and Transition
As Venezuelan migrants navigate challenges in host countries, the private sector must play an active role in maximizing their economic opportunities.
Development Works Here with Razan Quossous
August 7, 2019
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Economic Growth and Trade
Business Enabling Environment
Public Private Partnerships and Investment
Trade and Regulatory Reform
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Financial Services
Development works here because great people work here. We’re excited to introduce you to our team.
A New Solution for Advancing Criminal Justice in Latin America
June 13, 2019
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Democracy and Governance
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Violence Prevention
Youth Violence Prevention
Human Rights
Rule of Law and Security Sector Strengthening
Economic Growth and Trade
Corporate Partnerships
The impact investing model Pay for Success (PFS) has gained traction in the United States to support criminal justice-oriented programs. Ariana Szepesi-Colmenares asks: Shouldn’t the development community look more closely at PFS’ potential to achieve results in Latin America, too?