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01 June 2021 In support to the Global Fund’s COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM), WHO and UNICEF have issued a technical information note on leveraging C19RM funds to invest in geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial data with the aim of optimizing national COVID-19 responses and mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, and on health and community systems strengthening. The guidance maps eligible C19RM investments in spatial data, for example georeferenced master lists of facilities and community health workers, and support to capacity building and instit...

Introduction ATR has become the dominant method for collecting an FTIR spectrum of solid materials. It requires little or no sample preparation and is effective at both qualitative and quantitative measurements. Compared to the older method of preparing a KBr pellet for transmission spectroscopy, important differences emerge. An ATR spectrum is not directly comparable to a transmission spectrum, although software algorithms are available in most commercial spectrometers capable of converting an ATR spectrum into a transmission-like spectrum should the analyst wish to compare them. This note o...

/PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® held steady in May, following a gain in April. The Index now stands at 117.2 (1985=100), down...

Regulatory Approaches to the Interest Earned on E-Money Float Accounts May 2021 Share Electronic money issuers are usually required by regulation to set aside an amount equivalent to the total e-money issued in one or more separate accounts in banks, called “float accounts”, and most often these accounts earn interest called “float interest”. As digital financial services take center stage in the post-pandemic world, issues around what happens to this interest will become ever more important. CGAP’s new Technical Note outlines five approaches to the regulatory treatment of making u...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the first quarter of 2021, the agriculture and cattle-raising sector generated a positive balance of 60,575 new jobs, the best result for the period since 2007, when 62,245 new jobs were created. The analysis is part of the Technical Note issued by the Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA) and was based on data from the General Registry of Employed and Unemployed (CAGED), released April 29 by the Ministry of Economy. According to CNA, jobs were created in virtually all regions in January, February and March this year. The Southeast . . . To rea...