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Financial & Digital Inclusion for People on the Move

Wednesday, May 08, 2024
Time: 09:00-10:30 UTC+2 Location: face-to-face at the CICG in Geneva This hybrid panel session at HNPW, highlights practical experiences and viewpoints from displaced people/ on the move and their need for financial inclusion, private sector and humanitarian...
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ECHO EHF HT: Nexus "Cash" (Efficiency) in Anticipatory Action & Social Protection

Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Today, 27 of the 35 countries most affected by climate change are experiencing extreme food insecurity, with potentially additional 8 to 80 million people facing hunger by 2050. Climate change induced disasters substantively increased in frequency, severity...
Location: Global, Asia
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9th Global Affordable Housing Conference

Thursday, October 21, 2021
In view of the COVID-19 situation, the 9th Global Affordable Housing Conference will be postponed to 2021. The biennial Global Affordable Housing Conference, hosted by the World Bank Group, is the foremost global event for affordable housing. As a well-...
Location: America, United States
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Covid-19 and Development: Invisible, othered and exploited – circular migrants in India’s cities

Thursday, February 11, 2021
This Sussex Development Lecture will explore the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on interstate rural-urban migrants in India. Drawing on key findings from empirical research conducted over a number of years, the speakers will unpack the different elements...
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Virtual Policy Dialogue: Upgrading Infrastructure and Housing to Reduce Poverty in Pacific Island Countries

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 to Friday, December 18, 2020
Pacific island countries are facing an infrastructure and housing emergency due to massive deficits, high urbanization, and increasing populations. Many communities also lack systems and knowhow to properly maintain infrastructure and homes. Climate change...
Location: Asia, Japan
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Housing for all during COVID-19 and beyond

Wednesday, October 28, 2020
The right to housing is a fundamental human right. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pre-existing and long-standing housing inequality crisis in cities. Approximately 1.8 billion people live in precarious housing conditions. Overcrowded...
Location: Europe
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Thematic webinars on the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on people in street situations: a difficult (de-) confinement

Wednesday, October 28, 2020
The Forum will be mainly virtual and divided into several sessions. Wednesday 28th October will be dedicated to 4 different thematic webinars. These 4 webinars will be organised around the following topic: “The impact of the Covid-19 crisis on people in...
Location: Global
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22nd Disaster Risk Management Seminar "Lifelines: the Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity"

Tuesday, September 24, 2019
The Japan-World Bank Program for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in Developing Countries (Program) has been operational since 2014 with support by the Government of Japan. Its main goal is to mainstream disaster risk management (DRM) into national...
Location: Asia, Japan
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6th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference - People, Markets and Cities

Monday, September 09, 2019
The 6th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference will bring together academics and development practitioners to present and discuss questions relating to people, markets, and cities. In particular, the conference will focus on effective land,...
Location: America, United States
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The 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women

Tuesday, March 12, 2019 to Friday, March 22, 2019
The sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 11 to 22 March 2019. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs...
Location: America, United States
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