Climate change is lengthening the duration of natural pollen seasons. In the US, pollen seasons are starting 20 days sooner than they did in the 1990s.
In low- and middle-income countries, there are up to 35 million formal MSMEs and 124 million informal MSMEs with at least one female owner. To ensure these women entrepreneurs can survive and thrive in the digital economy, they need access to three critical enablers: capital, digital tools and skills, and a supportive environment so they can access and use these tools to their fullest. Give women access and skills
“E-commerce is the new knowledge which small businesses are lacking,” says Nguyen Thi Hien, age 26. Hien took over her family business in Hanoi, Vietnam, which produces and sells pork products, and was on a steep learning curve when COVID-19 hit. Much of her business is face to face; as her wholesale clients dried up, she realized she needed to turn to online retail sales to survive. But she faced two big barriers. She needed capital and the skills in online commerce to expand to new markets.
Major business organizations are now beginning to back diversity at boardroom level – but it would be self-defeating to force out older executives in the process.
An emerging approach to the economy combines the best of the public sector (governments), private sector (for-profit) and social sector (non-profits).
This evolution has led to the blurring of boundaries among these three sectors, bringing an additional fourth sector into focus.
While fragmented and still forming, this nascent fourth sector points a way forward to address the failures of the current system.
When G20 leaders met virtually at the end of last year for the Riyadh summit under the theme Realizing Opportunities of the 21st Century for All , high on the agenda was addressing the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and its economic and social impacts. At their own recent virtual meeting, G7 leaders stated their intention to “work together to shape a recovery that promotes the health and prosperity of our people and our planet.” These discussions have taken place at a difficult and extraordinary time, which has led many to re-evaluate our very economic and social foundations. Eff