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Exploring the Global Rise of Mental Illness Through Economics, Lived Experiences, and Expert Insights
The World Health Organization estimates that 450 million people face mental illness globally, making it the leading cause of disability. This silent epidemic—worsened by funding gaps, infrastructure limitations, and health inequities—disproportionately affects young people, with suicide being the second leading...
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DALBERG’S CLIMATE COMMITMENT: 2024 UPDATE ON JOURNEY TO NET ZERO
In 2020, Dalberg committed to being a carbon- and plastic-neutral company, aiming to achieve net zero emissions by 2025. Our three-part climate commitment binds us to reduce emissions wherever possible, allocate resources to offset unavoidable emissions—such as those from travel, commuting, and...
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Can a Bond Bridge the Skills Gap? India’s Skill Impact Bond Aims to Boost Youth Employment
This article is a part of the Women, Farmers, Vaccines: 3 Perspectives on Building Resilient Systems Through Tailored Implementation Support series. In India, over 47% youth are unemployed or self-employed, primarily due to a lack of opportunities. Skilled youth fare...
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An Interview with Aika Matemu, Partner at Dalberg Design
"If it's not broken, don't fix it. The best ideas often come from the simplest solutions. We need to shift from designing solutions we think will work for communities to co-creating solutions with and for communities." Aika is a Partner...
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Women, Farmers, Vaccines: 3 Perspectives on Building Resilient Systems Through Tailored Implementation Support
Strategy to action: How experts at Dalberg Implement translate insights into action with their strategic implementation capabilities.
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Corporate Power Must Be Curbed to Ensure a People-Centered, Just Energy Transition — and Philanthropy Can Help
Corporate power in the climate ecosystem is on the rise. In just one example, the record number of fossil fuel lobbyists that attended COP28 last year and the resulting weak statements on the need to transition away from fossil fuels...
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Digital Agricultural Platforms and Cotton Farmers in Zambia
Small-scale farming creates more jobs than any other sector in Zambia—cotton production alone employs over 300,000 smallholder farmers. However, agricultural value chains are often disconnected and fragmented, providing little transparency into how inputs and goods move through them. This limits...
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Study of Capacities of the UN Development System to Accelerate Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals
A Dalberg study, requested by the United Nations Secretary-General, analyses the UN Development System's capacity to deliver on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It makes comparisons with a similar study conducted in 2017, examines progress since a major repositioning...
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Four Ways to Make a Clean Transition to a Sustainable Circular Economy in the Mining Sector
A circular economy creates vast opportunities that serve as a sustainable alternative to the traditional, linear economy. In a circular economy, products and materials are kept in use for as long as possible by reusing and recycling them instead of...
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How Investment in Skills Can Power Africa’s Electric Mobility Transformation
With Africa's electric vehicle sector poised for rapid expansion, skill development will play a crucial role in ensuring sustainable local employment and overall industry growth. The pressing question for many low- and middle-income (LMICs) countries is no longer whether to...
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K-12 Teachers are Burnt Out. What Can Help?
Burnout has been found to affect 50–70% of educators in Asian countries. Yet, across South and Southeast Asia, less than 40% of teachers’ work hours are focused on direct teaching. Wise implementation of digital technologies by schools and government leaders...
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An Interview with Shruthi Jayaram, Partner & Global Gender Equity Practice Co-Lead at Dalberg
"We are seeing important societal and structural shifts globally when it comes to addressing systemic barriers in gender equity. We've seen governments pass bold new laws and design new care systems, an influx of resources to women-led businesses, and mindset...
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