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5 October Oct 2016 1226 05 October 2016 Nearly 385 million children living in extreme poverty
Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, according to a new analysis from the World Bank Group and UNICEF.
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5 October Oct 2016 1032 05 October 2016 Historic moment in Strasbourg: EU consent to Paris Agreement
The EU ratification will trigger the entry into force of the first-ever universal, legally binding global climate deal.
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4 October Oct 2016 1054 04 October 2016 Africa: Why western economists get it wrong
Economists have moved away from studying poor countries on their own terms.They would explain Tanzania’s lack of development as stemming from its inability to be more like Sweden.
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3 October Oct 2016 0800 03 October 2016 Creating an inclusive Sharing Economy
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), a nonprofit membership organization that promotes business sustainability, released a report outlining how sharing economy companies can be more inclusive.
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30 September Sep 2016 0736 30 September 2016 Achieving the SDGs: the role of Impact Investment
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) launches an initiative to promote the key role investors can play in achieving the SDGs goals
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29 September Sep 2016 0830 29 September 2016 World Vision and ChildPact released new tool measuring government efforts to protect children
The Child Protection Index measures government efforts to protect girls and boys. It is a tool to prevent and end violence, child trafficking, child labour, discrimination and other violations of a child’s rights.
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28 September Sep 2016 0903 28 September 2016 Problem gambling among young people has gone unrecognised too long
Chiara Marin explores the problem of young people and gambling, and how the Youth Problem Gambling Initiative run by FastForward is helping
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27 September Sep 2016 1231 27 September 2016 Call 4 Social Innovators: Making ideas happen
FabriQ, the incubator for social innovation of the City of Milan, launches its first “Call 4 Social Innovators”, targeted at individuals or teams made up of a maximum of 3 people. Social innovators will be offered a six-month work experience in the incubator.
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27 September Sep 2016 0905 27 September 2016 The new couple in town: the affair between the third sector and the fourth estate
Journalists love NGOs the most and business the least. The findings of the report "Eu Media relations, Brussels journalist Survey & what the findings reveal for communicators".