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Social Innovation
The Schwab Foundation advances social innovation worldwide
From combatting climate change to advocating for migrants, social innovators are addressing the world’s most serious challenges ranging.
Gender Parity
This is the main barrier stopping female merchants from using digital payments
Affordable mobile data, public digital infrastructure, and entrepreneurial innovations are all measures which have increased the amount of digital payments.
Climate Change
Taking the lead on climate action could be worth $11 trillion to India
A new report lays out the immense economic opportunities climate action could afford India - but also warns of the consequences of doing nothing.
India
This is how COVID-19 lockdowns affected India's schoolchildren
Nearly 40% of students in underprivileged households in India have not been studying during school closures, caused by COVID-19, according to a new report.
India
Silk and trees are helping combat climate change and trafficking in India
The initiative has the potential to be applied to other areas across the world to address rural unemployment, combat climate change and human trafficking.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
'Open sky' schools are helping Indian farmers adapt to climate change
'Open sky' schools serve as demonstration plots to help Indian farmers learn techniques to adapt to climate change, plus other recent farming advances.
COVID-19
India vs Virus: voices from the COVID front line
What's it like battling COVID and providing healthcare and other support in India? Radio Davos hears from the 'social entrepreneurs' rising to the challenge.
India
This is how much air pollution shortens life expectancy in India
More than 480 million people living in central, eastern and northern India have face reduced live expectancies as a result of air pollution.
India
How to ensure women aren't left behind in India's immunization drive
India is undertaking a massive drive to vaccinate its population against COVID-19, but less than half of those getting the vaccines are women. Here's why.
COVID-19
50 ways India’s last-mile COVID-19 responders are leading the way to a just recovery
Social entrepreneurs have demonstrated that swift action in four priority areas can enhance reach and scale in the difficult to reach 'last mile'.
India
Towards a Data Economy: An Enabling Framework
Data has the power to solve some of the most pressing challenges facing society. With this background, NITI Aayog and the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution India have developed ...
Air Pollution
Study: Poorer Indian households are bearing the brunt of global pollution
Poorer households in India are bearing a disproportional impact from pollution caused by others, results in a study by Yale School of the Environment found.
COVID-19
How to back an inclusive post-COVID recovery
Impact investing and philanthropic capital can and should work together to channel financial resources into building a more resilient post-Covid world.
Entrepreneurship
5 post-COVID trends from Indian entrepreneurs
5 trends from a study of Indian entrepreneurial resilience include digitization, collaboration and localisation, increased social commitment and well-being.
India
Shifting Global Value Chains: The India Opportunity
In this fast-evolving context, as global companies adapt their manufacturing and supply chain strategies to build resilience, India has a unique opportunity to become a global manufacturi...