by Hannah McNicol | Dec 3, 2023 | General
Just last week I listened with interest as a group of young Cambodian women garment factory workers, living in an urban slum, explained how they were learning to use mobile phone banking to receive their wages and manage their money. For these women, mobile banking...
by Hannah McNicol | Dec 3, 2023 | General
Indonesia’s archipelago provinces are particularly vulnerable to earthquakes. These earthquakes are not only a threat to the lives of the communities in the region, disastrous for basic infrastructure and social services but can also have a devastating impact on...
by aidn_admin | Oct 26, 2023 | General
One in every six people on the planet lives with a disability. Eighty percent of people with disabilities live in developing countries, so that means at least 700 million are our neighbours here in the Indo-Pacific region. People with disabilities are among the...
by aidn_admin | Oct 26, 2023 | General
Over the last few months, two sobering statistics should have caught the attention of all working in the impact investing and international development sector. There is a US$4.2 trillion per year financing gap to achieve the SDGs in emerging markets There is a...
by aidn_admin | Oct 26, 2023 | General
The Asia-Pacific is the fastest-growing region in the world – and the most disaster-prone. A person in Asia is five times more likely to experience a natural disaster than the average person on earth. Earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical storms, floods and landslides are...
by Emily Umbers | Sep 16, 2023 | General
In this special edition three-part blog series, the team at AIDN argue that the case for global giving has never been more compelling. From responding to urgent humanitarian needs, to increasingly interconnected global issues, to greater ‘bang for your buck’, in Part...
