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Developments is DAI’s newsletter, offering feature articles, research, opinion pieces, and interviews on DAI projects and global development issues. Digital@DAI is our blog on what we're learning in the field of digital acceleration.

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james naughton, katja silva leander

Tags: climate-finance, green-bonds

17 hours ago | 7 min read

Turning Green Shoots into Forests: The Growth Potential of Green Bonds

This article provides insights into DAI’s experience and the challenges and opportunities offered by blended finance instruments in the form of Green Bonds.

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rachel couper, kim shelsby, bano burki

18 days ago | 9 min read

Four Ways to Build Resilient Supply Chains

To reduce their exposure to risks—such as political turmoil, pandemics, climate change, or inflationary pressure—businesses should prioritize supply chain resilience. Here are four ways to do that.  

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sarah little, Senior Global Practice Specialist, Security, Transparency, Accountability, and Rule of Law

1 month ago | 11 min read

Liberian Conflict: Civil Society May Lead the Way to Change

DAI research into the continued conflict around mining concessions in Liberia reveals the current state of a sector that remains vitally important to Liberia’s economy. We conducted a desk analysis of laws and policies around concessions, using a political economy analysis.

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Making Markets Work for Refugee and Host Communities in Ethiopia

Scores of local business partners are now operating in refugee-hosting regions and showing that, when supported and linked to the wider market system, they can run economically viable businesses founded on their own experience, capacity, and initiative.

paul joicey

11 min read

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A Market Systems Approach to Climate-Smart Agriculture in Uganda

A USAID project in Uganda is helping smallholder farmers boost their resilience to an increasingly unpredictable climate by using a market systems approach that addresses obstacles to adopting climate-smart agricultural practices.

dorothy najjingo

8 min read

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Returned Migrant Survey Informs Program Design in Honduras

Economic pressure is often cited as the key reason young people risk everything to migrate from Honduras. A recent survey provides a more complete picture of the complex motivations behind migration—and informs programs to help young people.

craig davis, carlos maradiaga

8 min read

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Q&A with Expert Christy Owen: Why Partnering is Crucial in the Fight Against Climate Change

Christy Owen, of our Climate, Land, and Natural Resources Practice, returned to DAI after more than a decade in Bangkok, where she helped lead climate and environment programs for USAID. DAI spoke with Christy about the role of partnerships in securing climate investments.

erin hespe cudworth

7 min read

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Fostering Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Agriculture as a Resilience-Building Pathway in South Sudan

More than 40 years of conflict and instability in South Sudan have had long-lasting consequences for its population, especially for women, young people, internally displaced people, and people with disabilities.

itai makanda, caroline hlatywayo

6 min read

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Q&A with SPEED’s Fabio Scala: Helping the Government of Mozambique Drive Reforms to Bolster the Economy

The Government of Mozambique’s Economic Acceleration Package lays out 20 high-priority reforms to help the country achieve macroeconomic stability and stimulate private sector development. To drive these reforms, the Ministry of Economy and Finance requested assistance from the USAID SPEED program.

kate heuisler

7 min read

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