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ADB recently launched the Women’s Finance Exchange to promote awareness about how women can improve their finances and livelihoods. Here's how it can help to ensure nobody is left behind as countries recover.

The U.S. Department of Commerce said in the past 10 years, STEM jobs have grown three times faster than non-STEM jobs.

To ease a worsening housing crisis in Asia and the Pacific, ADB has teamed with Habitat for Humanity International to provide housing loans for low-income families in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines . . .

Published May 5, 2021, 4:09 PM State-run Philippine Guarantee Corp. (PhilGuarantee) sustained the growth of its guarantee program for viable but pandemic-hit micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) for the third straight month since its launch in December last year. The total loans guaranteed by PhilGuarantee reached P1.47 billion at end-March this year, the agency’s report submitted to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III showed on Wednesday, May 5. Alberto Pascual, PhilGuarantee pr...

ADB predicts Bangladesh GDP to strengthen further amid pandemic Staff Correspondent 28th April, 2021 11:36:24 Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday stated that Bangladesh’s GDP growth rate may be in the range of 5.5 to 6 percent in the current fiscal, which is also quite enviable in the circumstances. The organization also said the resurgence in Covid-19 cases and delays in availability in the supply of vaccines, both globally and domestically, could undermine the economic growth outlook....

Plug Power invited to submit Part II Application for proposed $520M DOE loan guarantee for green hydrogen production network Plug Power Inc. has been invited to submit a Part II Application for a loan guarantee under the US Department of Energy (DOE) Title XVII Loan Guarantee Program. The invitation for the Part II application is for a proposed $520-million loan guarantee from the DOE to support the use of green hydrogen to transform the materials handling, transportation, and industrial sector...

Nora Flaherty Wed, 03/03/2021 - 1:45pm A safe, secure home is a fundamental need, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the pandemic has made the housing situation even tougher for many Mainers, with more than 5,000 Maine men, women and children facing eviction and homelessness every year. And once a person becomes homeless, the private housing market makes it extremely difficult for them to find a new place to live. Advocates and legislators say Maine’s housing system needs ...

QIB showed leadership in providing digital banking services  24 Feb 2021 - 8:43 Chairman of QIB, Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani The Peninsula Doha: QIB’s advanced digital channels played a key role in achieving business continuity, smoothly and effectively, said Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Chairman of QIB. Addressing shareholders at the AGM which was held virtually on Monday, the Chairman said that QIB took a proactive response to the econo...

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  A mere “The Year in Rewind” as we sail into 2021? Not the good ship Digest! Instead, we dust off our crystal ball and offer our predictions for the year ahead. As the sunset of 2020 gives way to the dawn of 2021, once again roll the dice as we list the Digest’s 10 Top Advanced Bioeconomy Markets and Predictions for 2021. READ MORE 10. The Electrify Everything Movement Gains More Traction With the election of Joe Biden to the U.S. Presidency, look for a coal...

Tuesday, December 22, 2020 On December 21, the Congress passed legislation providing $1.4 trillion in federal funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 and approximately $900 billion for COVID-19 relief. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which has been the subject of weeks of highly scrutinized Congressional negotiations, includes sweeping provisions that span clean energy research and development, programs focused on climate policy, energy tax extenders, pipeline safety reauthoriza...