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Health Solutions for Poverty Reduction

Dominic McVey

If you want to hear first-hand insight of the impact of COVID-19 on factory workers in emerging markets, this podcast is for you. Meet Dominic McVey; Entrepreneur, Board member and adviser with companies, INGOs and governments in Sri Lanka, Ethiopia and Kenya. During our conversation Dominic provides candid insights of the effects of COVID-19 on vulnerable workers, value chains and the systems that support them
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Rapid Innovation Through Partnerships

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread rapidly around the world, creating the worst humanitarian and economic crisis in a generation. The response to this pandemic has needed to be equally rapid and innovation has been required at many levels. Private sector partnerships have been playing an important role in generating creative solutions.
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From Response to Rebuilding Better: A Framework for Action

The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and will continue to have, devastating impacts on the lives, livelihoods and learning of millions of people, particularly the most vulnerable. While efforts are rightly focused on mitigating the immediate impacts, we need to start thinking about how to recover and rebuild, because action taken now will have long-lasting effects on people’s wellbeing and resilience. This is an effort that must be led by government, but business, along with civil society, has a critical role to play.
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How Can Business Build Purposeful Collaborations to Support the Resilience and Recovery of Those Most Vulnerable to COVID-19?

Join us for an online discussion to explore how can business build purposeful collaborations to support the resilience and recovery of those most vulnerable to COVID-19. Thursday 14th May 3pm BST / 10am EDT
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What Can the Covid Crisis Teach Us About Resilience: Building Stronger Organizations After COVID19

As a small-business manager, director of an organization or medium size NGO, your day to day is filled with urgent tasks. Until a crisis hits. Fernando Casado and Camila Lobo from GlobalCAD share insights on building stronger organisations after COVID19.
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From ‘Immediate Response’ to ‘Rebuilding Better’: Public Webinar and Online Discussion

In recent weeks, it has become clear that COVID-19 will sadly continue to have devastating impacts on the lives, livelihoods and learning of millions of people for the foreseeable future, and will exacerbate existing inequalities. As we come to terms with this new reality, what can we learn from the immediate response to the pandemic, and how can we use this knowledge to help us to recover and rebuild better?
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How Can Business Build Purposeful Collaborations to Support the Resilience and Recovery of those Most Vulnerable to COVID-19?

Join us for an online discussion to explore how can business build purposeful collaborations to support the resilience and recovery of those most vulnerable
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Calling Tech-Focused Ideas to Help Address COVID-19 Learning Emergency

According to the latest figures released by UNESCO, over 1.5 billion learners around the world are not able to attend school or university due to COVID19 closures, with 192 governments ordering countrywide closures of their schools and universities.
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How Can Business Help in the Building of National Coalitions to Fight COVID-19

The COVID-19 global pandemic is resulting in business, governments and civil society working together like never before. We are witnessing the mobilisation of national collaborations – such aKenya’s National Business Compact on Coronavirus –  to accelerate local action and support government efforts to counter the pandemic.
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Bringing Impact Investing to Life

It has never been easier to save lives. Thanks to technology, healthcare no longer has to be one-size-fits-some. Infrastructure-lite innovators, typically funded by private equity and venture capital, are contributing to better health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in novel ways. Their ability to succeed is vital, now more than ever.
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COVID-19: How Business and NGOs Can Partner to Support our Global Community Through the Pandemic

Mercy Corps joined a recent Business Fights Poverty online discussion on supporting NGO partners, Lisa Seymour-Doughty, Senior Manager Strategic Partnerships, shares reflections on Mercy Corps response to the pandemic and how the need to work together has never been more important.
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When Will the Pandemic Cure Be Worse Than the Disease?

As government mandated lockdowns to combat the coronavirus pandemic affect a rising share of the global population, fewer will die of COVID-19, as well as other transmissible diseases. But how should we weigh those benefits against the costs of unemployment, social isolation, and widespread bankruptcies?
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The Informal Economy is Complicating Government Responses to COVID-19: Will the Crisis Push Millions Toward Formality?

As COVID-19 spreads in countries around the world, governments have already started to address the economic and livelihood challenges posed by the constraints the pandemic has put on behaviour and employment. These measures will help cushion the impact of COVID-19 on employment in wealthier areas. But what about lower-income countries?
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How Can Business Help in the Building of National Coalitions and Collaborations to Fight COVID-19?

Join us for a live written discussion with a panel of experts to examine how business can help build national coalitions and collaborations to fight COVID-19. The live Panel takes place on Thursday 30th April 3pm BST / 10am EDT / 5pm EAT
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From ‘Immediate Response’ to ‘Building Back Better’: Public Webinar

Many of us want to make a difference in these unprecedented times, but it can be hard to know when, where and how to take action. To help companies address the challenges posed by the novel coronavirus, Business Fights Poverty will host a webinar to explore the Business and COVID-19 Response Centre, which is designed to guide companies’ immediate response to COVID-19 and efforts to rebuild, with a focus on protecting the most vulnerable.
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Saving Main Street in the Wake of COVID-19

As Americans are bracing for the health fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak, the nation’s Main Street businesses are fighting for their survival. Salon owners, event planners, shopkeepers and restaurants are being forced to make hard choices—pay their bills or their employees—and the workers who rely on them for their livelihoods face prolonged economic hardship.
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CEOS from 25 countries Call for G20 Support to Help Developing Country Producers Fight Covid-19

Partners and supporters of Business Fights Poverty will be as concerned as we are about the impact that Covid-19 is having on people across our shared world, and will be at the forefront of efforts to protect people’s health and livelihoods.
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COVID-19 and the Garment Industry: Protect Workers, Transform the Industry

The garment industry employs 60 million workers around the world, nearly 75% of whom are women. The International Labour Organization has estimated that nearly 25 million jobs could be lost as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and women working in garment supply chains are particularly vulnerable. During this period of crisis, CARE is calling on brands, governments, supplier factories, trade unions and civil society to take action to protect the rights of women working in the garment industry.
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Covid-19 and Creating the Future We Want

Dame Polly Courtice, Director of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), reflects upon the impact of Covid-19 on business, society, and our collective future.
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Covid-19 and the Voluntary Sector

The voluntary sector has been badly hit by the crisis, but exactly how much is it worth to the economy and to society? Jonathan Roberts argues that any proposed government support should acknowledge the voluntary sector’s wide societal contributions, and should not focus on charities alone.
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