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Women and Girls on the Climate Change Frontline: Navigating Climate Change , a podcast series that shines a light on the women and girls leading the fight against climate change in the least developed countries. In this episode, we explore the intersection of Women's Rights and Climate Change. Our guests discuss the importance of climate justice, highlighting its connection to human rights and soc...

Women and Girls on the Climate Change Frontline: Navigating Climate Change , a podcast series that shines a light on the women and girls leading the fight against climate change in the least developed countries. In this episode, we look at women and climate policy: advocating for Gender-Sensitive Solutions and Inclusive Decision-Making. This episode focused on the role of women in shaping climate...

Women and Girls on the Climate Change Frontline: Navigating Climate Change , a podcast series that shines a light on the women and girls leading the fight against climate change in the least developed countries. In the previous episodes, we journeyed to The Gambia, meeting women with grand solutions for climate crisis adaptation, and emphasized the importance of women's leadership. Today, one crit...

Women and Girls on the Climate Change Frontline: Navigating Climate Change in the LDCs , a podcast series that shines a light on the women and girls leading the fight against climate change in the least developed countries. This episode explores the role of women in environmental leadership. It showcases the work of women who have made a significant impact on the environment and discuss the challe...

 Welcome to a brand new episode on the Capital Musings podcast where we continue to explore fresh ideas that make finance work for the least developed countries. If you're constantly looking to stay up to date on the latest, impactful news and events. You're in the right place! Today's episode of Capital Musings Milestones recaps the most noteworthy moments of the past month in a concise podcast....

Women and Girls on the Climate Change Frontline: Navigating Climate Change in the LDCs , a podcast series that shines a light on the women and girls leading the fight against climate change in the least developed countries. This episode is an introduction to the topic of women and climate change. It covers the reasons why women are disproportionately affected by climate change and why they need to...

Don't miss the debut of Capital Musings: Women and Girls on the Climate Change Frontline! Tune in to our first episode this Friday, 22 September, where we spotlight courageous women trailblazing paths in climate action in The Gambia. Get inspired, gain insights, and join the powerful conversation around gender and climate change. Make sure to subscribe to us wherever you get your podcasts. Please...

 Welcome to a brand new episode on the Capital Musings podcast where we continue to explore fresh ideas that make finance work for the least developed countries. If you're constantly looking to stay up to date on the latest, impactful news and events. You're in the right place! Today's episode of Capital Musings Milestones recaps the most noteworthy moments of the past month in a concise podcast....

 Welcome to a brand new series on the Capital Musings podcast where we continue to explore fresh ideas that make finance work for the least developed countries. If you're constantly looking to stay up to date on the latest, impactful news and events. You're in the right place! Today's episode of Capital Musings Milestones recaps the most noteworthy moments of the past month in a concise podcast. B...

In the third episode of the Digital@theLastMile podcast, we highlight the importance of developing the digital skills of women and youth in least developed countries. From Africa to the Pacific, we explore some of our programmes and their impact on individuals and communities. When people understand how digital technology and services work, they are more lik...

 Welcome to Milestones, a series on the Capital Musings podcast where we continue to explore fresh ideas that make finance work for the least developed countries. If you're constantly looking to stay up to date on the latest, impactful news and events related to UNCDF's initiatives. You're in the right place! Today's episode of Capital Musings Milestones recaps the most noteworthy moments of the p...

 Welcome to a brand new series on the Capital Musings podcast where we continue to explore fresh ideas that make finance work for the least developed countries. If you're constantly looking to stay up to date on the latest, impactful news and events. You're in the right place! Today's episode of Capital Musings Milestones recaps the most noteworthy moments of the past month in a concise podcast. B...

 Welcome to a brand new series on the Capital Musings podcast where we continue to explore fresh ideas that make finance work for the least developed countries. If you're constantly looking to stay up to date on the latest, impactful news and events. You're in the right place! Today's episode of Capital Musings Milestones recaps the most noteworthy moments of the past month in a concise podcast. B...

The Gambia, the smallest country on the African mainland, and one of the least developed countries in the world, has been going through a transition to full democracy since 2017, the end of a two-decade long dictatorship. In the first episode of a mini-series recorded in The Gambia, Conor Lennon talks to Niania Dabo-Tourey, the country head of the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF, one of several...

In this second episode of Digital@TheLastMile limited series, we highlight UNCDF's collaboration with IME Pay, a leading mobile wallet provider, to facilitate digital remittances for women in Nepal. Remittances are a critical component of Nepal's economy. In 2020, IME Pay streamlined its international remittance and mobile wallet services to enable customers to receive international remittance tra...

In this first episode of Digital@TheLastMile limited series, you will hear women entrepreneurs talking about two apps developed by Fintech companies in Bangladesh and Cambodia. The Fintech featured participated in the Women MSMEs FinTech Innovation Challenge Fund launched in 2019. The objective of the challenge was to tailor digital financial services for women entrepreneurs in Asia and the Pacifi...

In this episode, David Mikhail talks with Neha Mehta, Regional Lead for the Pacific and Papua New Guinea at UNCDF, about bringing women entrepreneurs, SMEs, and small store owners into the financial blankets in the Pacific. Neha emphasises the significance of providing training in digital literacy and financial literacy to female business owners. She also discusses the use of tokenization and bloc...

In this episode, David Mikhail talks with Krishnan Narasimhan, Programme Manager at UNCDF, about parametric insurance. Krishnan explains how UNCDF employs a market development strategy to inspire private companies to offer cutting-edge insurance innovations to emerging markets in the Pacific. Krishnan describes how the first parametric insurance product in the Pacific was introduced by UNCDF follo...

Le Secrétaire général de l'OMVG, M. Ababacar NDAO, évoque les moyens d'investir dans la paix à travers la gestion des ressources en eau, ainsi que les différentes manières de promouvoir l'eau en tant qu'instrument de coopération et de paix, notamment par le biais de financements innovants pour la coopération dans le domaine de l'eau. Il discute également comment des mécanismes de financement innov...

Our host, Edoardo Tancioni, conducts an interview with Mr Anouj Mehta, Head of the ASEAN Catalytic Green Facility and ADB Country Director in Thailand, and Mr Ghislain de Valon, Senior Infrastructure Specialist for Innovation and Green Finance, from the Asian Development Bank. They discuss ways to increase investments in ocean-based economies that are environmentally sustainable. The implementatio...

In this episode, H.E. Ms Ana Paula Baptista Grade Zacarias, Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations, discusses the compelling case for holding the Ocean Conference in Lisbon in late June 2022, citing that by working together, we can protect our oceans and improve the quality of life for people all over the world, and calls for action to strengthen partnerships. Websites: https:/...

In this new series, our host Edoardo Tancioni shares innovative approaches to boost investments for a sustainable blue economy and protect our oceans in the lead-up to the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, at the end of June 2022. In this episode, Edoardo talks about Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and their centrality to leveraging the development impact of capital for sustainable oc...

In this episode, our host, Edoardo Tancioni, concludes the mini-series of Deciphering Doha and the Road to Doha season by discussing debt sustainability, remittances and the extension of international support measures to LDCs for sustainable and irreversible graduation. Websites: www.un.org/ldc5/doha-programme-of-action Hashtags: #CapitalMusings | #DPoA Leave a Review Thanks for listening! If you...

In this episode, our host, Edoardo Tancioni, interviews Liesel Pritzker Simmons, Co-Founder and Principal at  Blue Haven Initiative . Liesel talks about her journey to #impactinvesting and shares tips on how investors can make wealth work for profit and for purpose. Websites: Blue Haven Initiative Hashtags: #CapitalMusings | #impactinvesting Leave a Review Thanks for listening! If y...

In this miniseries, our host, Edoardo Tancioni, deciphers the first part of chapter 6 of the #DPoA around mobilizing international solidarity, reinvigorated partnerships and innovative tools, looking into support for domestic resource mobilization and fight against illicit financial flows, international public and external finance to contribute to sustainable development in LDCs and Foreign Direct...