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Three Strategies to Include More People With Disabilities in Your Company

Promoting an inclusive culture, removing barriers, implementing tools, communicating achievements, and extending inclusion to the value chain are key to fostering effective diversity.

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Store Brands, a Unique Opportunity for MSMEs and Women's Businesses

Integrating these businesses into the supply chain benefits retailers, suppliers and consumers, while fostering economic growth, innovation and social inclusion.

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Every Year We Ask Ourselves, Are We Making a Difference?

As part of IDB Invest’s end-to-end Impact Management Framework, we closely monitor the impact performance of our portfolio and report on results in our annual Development Effectiveness Overview. Read on to learn the highlights from 2024’s report.

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Four Ideas to Leverage Belize's Entrepreneurial Drive

Despite being the backbone of the country's economy, MSMEs lack access to finance and other barriers that hinder their growth. A few policy shifts can turn these businesses into real game-changers.

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Artificial Intelligence for Timely Diagnosis of Tropical Diseases

Climate change accelerates the transmission of infections. Technology can help win this race against time, save costs, and save lives, especially in Amazonia and other vulnerable areas.

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Finding a Common Language for Financing the Circular Economy in Peru

Achieving a just transition to the circular economy involves a shift into a new model that leaves no one behind. Although the road ahead is teeming with obstacles, the experience in Peru has jump-started a knowledge-creation process, easing the transition and establishing the first steps.