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Chemonics Publishes New UNGC Communication on Progress
January 8, 2021
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Chemonics describes its actions in 2020 to uphold human rights, protect the environment, create a supportive and equitable working environment, and prevent corruption.
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Mitigating Hesitancy Key to COVID-19 Vaccine Readiness
Health Global Health Security January 7, 2021
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Countries around the world are rapidly assessing and advancing their readiness for COVID-19 vaccines, but success ultimately hinges on whether individuals are willing to accept the vaccine.
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Best of the Blog 2020
Conservation Solutions Lab Cross-Sector Development Education and Youth Environment and Natural Resources Global Impact Collaboratory Health Supply Chains Peace, Stability, and Transition Public Private Partnerships and Investment Recovery and Reconstruction January 4, 2021
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While the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic demanded much of our attention this year, so did private sector engagement and ensuring more inclusivity in our work. Check out the ideas, innovations, and perspectives that garnered the most views on our blog in 2020.
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News: USAID Awards “Digis” to Two Projects Implemented by Chemonics
October 22, 2020
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Economic Growth and Trade
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Health
Human Resources for Health
USAID awards recognize the Human Resources for Health in 2030 program and the Pakistan Small and Medium Enterprise Activity for using technology to “sustain open, secure, and inclusive digital ecosystems and improve measurable development and humanitarian-assistance outcomes on a large scale.”
Lasting Peace in Afghanistan Powered by Broad-based Economic Growth
October 19, 2020
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Economic Growth and Trade
Recovery and Reconstruction
Business Enabling Environment
Peacebuilding and Reconciliation
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Read on to learn what Catherine Kanman and David Vose contend are the three foundational pillars that will support lasting peace in Afghanistan.
3 Lessons for Empowering Youth to Drive Sustainable Change Through Innovation
October 14, 2020
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Education and Youth
Empowering Youth
Youth Workforce Development
Economic Growth and Trade
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Business Enabling Environment
Youth empowerment through social innovation and entrepreneurship has incredible potential to solve problems at a grassroots level if youth are given robust platforms to connect and act.
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
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.