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Education
Education is the transfer of knowledge, skills, and values that empowers individuals and fosters socioeconomic mobility. It plays a critical role in reducing poverty and driving economic growth. While progress has been made in increasing access to education, challenges remain, including low literacy rates, disparities in enrolment, and gaps in educational quality. Investing in education strengthens workforce development, innovation, and long-term economic stability.
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Towards a systemic understanding of sustainable well-being for all in cities: A conceptual framework
The purpose of this framework is to guide the design and evaluation of public policies, as well as provide tools for conducting thorough assessments and monitoring progress across various socio-ecological dimensions of sustainable well-being in different urban settings on a universal scale.
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Wharton University of Pennsylvania is changing the way business is done. This is through educating, informing, and inspiring the leaders who are meeting the world’s complex challenges, advancing business practice, and driving economic growth at a global scale.
Can government policies that drive strong economic outcomes for the private sector alleviate poverty?
The report examines how the adoption of policies that drive strong economic outcomes for the private sector often reduce poverty in the developing world, primarily through opportunities for job creation. In particular, the report calls for policies that promote greater access to credit and the protection of minority investors.
RMIT University
Melbourne-based, RMIT University (RMIT) is one of Australia’s original tertiary institutions and a global university of technology, design, and enterprise. RMIT is committed to incorporating sustainability principles and practices into learning, teaching, research, and operational activities. The management of financial, physical, social and environmental assets is focused on improving long-term performance.
Strengthening financial resilience among rural and refugee communities in Rwanda
United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has improved financial inclusion, through implementing its Expanding Financial Access and Digital and Financial Literacy (REFAD) program in Rwanda, and by working with local partners to help cater digital financial solutions and improve financial literacy for rural and refugee communities.
University of Technology Sydney
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), based in central Sydney, is one of Australia’s largest universities. UTS groups conducting research related to sustainable finance and climate change include Centre for Business and Social Innovation (CBSI), Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF), Climate Change Cluster (C3), and the Australian Sustainable Finance Centre (ASFC).
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is a global institute developing leadership and solutions for a sustainable economy. It draws on the world leading research and networks of Cambridge University to help business leaders address critical global challenges.
Stockholm University
State-governed Stockholm University in Sweden holds sustainability and the environment as central issues. It looks to work actively – through education, research, and collaboration with business, state and civil society – to help achieve the global sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the 2015 UN Resolution known as Agenda 2030.
University of Clermont Auvergne
University of Clermont Auvergne is a public university in France, created in 2017 through the merger of Blaise Pascal University and University of Auvergne. It is a Public Experimental Institution – a consolidation of education and research institutions contributing to public service – hosting cross-disciplinary sustainability, environmental and agroecosystems projects.
Australia's welfare 2019: Data insights
This 14th biennial welfare report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, presents an overview of the welfare data landscape and explores selected welfare topics - including intergenerational disadvantage, income support, future of work, disability services, elder abuse and child wellbeing - in eight original articles.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is an open access digital encyclopedia dedicated to philosophy. Experts from around the world in philosophy create and update entries covering diverse topics including metaphysics, climate justice, feminism and ethics.
Examining inequality 2019
The report looks at different layers of inequality highlighting the role geography and gender have on factors that increase the chance of poverty. It includes case studies examining inequality, primary health care, digital technology, how countries are being impacted by climate change, and recent global data hindering the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management is one of the five schools within Massachusetts Institute of Technology located in Cambridge, USA. One of the most renowned business schools in the world, it puts an emphasis on innovation and research.
University of Hamburg
The University of Hamburg (German: Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a comprehensive university in Hamburg, Germany. The University is northern Germany’s largest and most diverse centre of research.
