Published on May 17th, 2023

Where Thinking and Working Politically Meets Gender – Tactics That Have Worked

Questions that repeatedly come up when supporting reform programs include: how do we work with local politics to influence change without reinforcing existing elitism and capture of power? How do we “dance with the system” whilst at the same time trying to change the system? When do we go with the

Published on May 11th, 2023

Climate Change Adaptation and Inclusive Finance in Fiji

Climate change amplifies a society’s existing inequalities and poses unique threats to the livelihoods, health, and safety of women, children, and other marginalized groups. For example, during prolonged droughts, women and girls often need to travel greater distances to get water and firewood for their

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on May 4th, 2023

How Women Are Building Lasting Change in Rural South Sudan

The village network of Peny Peny is not a hard hat zone. Nevertheless, construction there is constant. Situated within the arid highlands of Kapoeta North County in the Eastern Equatoria state of South Sudan, it is home to the Toposa people, a semi-nomadic tribal community consisting of around 2,500

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on April 27th, 2023

Linkages With Diaspora Result in Export Success for Kosovo Women Entrepreneurs

It all started in 2015, when 15 unemployed women from Sllatina got together to talk about what they could do with their time, since their kids were growing up. With €10 each in hand, they started a business to produce preserved vegetables (pickles) in a car garage. Fast forward to seven years later,

Category: Economic Growth & Trade

Published on April 20th, 2023

Equity in Implementation: Climate Migration Lessons From the Pacific

In years to come, climate change will play an increasingly influential role in human mobility around the world. Faced with extreme drought, floods, and sea-level rise, many people will be forced to or choose to leave their homes in search of safety and better livelihoods elsewhere. In most cases, this climate-

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on April 13th, 2023

Transforming Transportation Conference Highlights High Volume Transport Applied Research Programme

Representatives from our FCDO-funded High Volume Transport Applied Research (HVT) programme participated in the Transforming Transportation conference, which took place on March 14 – 15 in Washington DC. Transforming Transportation is an annual event, hosted by the World Bank,

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on April 6th, 2023

How a Communications Lab in Uganda Encourages Applied Skills

With the quick changes in the technology and equipment used to share and receive information, Tukundane Nelson, a Communications Officer at the Uganda National Farmers Federation needed help to keep his skills sharp. As he said, “I needed refresher training sessions to boost my photography and

Category: Economic Growth & Trade

Published on March 30th, 2023

How Localization and a Market Systems Approach Improved Competitiveness in Serbia

DT Global recently completed the USAID Competitiveness Systems Strengthening (CSS) Activity in Serbia, which was designed to strengthen Serbia’s agriculture processing sector. Our work had extensive reach—supporting more than 890 organizations from 114 municipalities, including 580 SMEs—and used

Category: Economic Growth & Trade

Published on March 23rd, 2023

Q&A With Rose Mary Garcia, PhD, on Leading With Emotional Intelligence

“Leadership is having a vision of what is coming next and being able to step into the unknown and bring others with you,” says Rose Mary Garcia, PhD, Vice President for Economic Growth and Governance at DT Global US. “Those of us who work in international development feel this kind of greater purpose

Category: Economic Growth & Trade

Published on March 16th, 2023

What Have We Learned Piloting Blockchain Technologies in India?

Did you know that in India, disputes related to state land acquisition have impacted nearly 7.7 million people, most of whom belong to vulnerable and economically weaker sections of society? Across 2021 and 2022, as a part of DT Global's role in the FCDO-funded Frontier Technologies Hub, I worked with

Category: Commercial Advisory

Published on February 23rd, 2023

How Performing Arts Boosts the Socio-economic Integration of Women and Youth in the Pacific

With support from the ACP-EU Culture Programme in the Pacific, the VOU Dance Company and Conservatory has been able to set up a 'training to employment' project for youth and women from disadvantaged Fijian communities. In Fiji, the vibrant performances of the VOU Dance Company reflect

Category: Human Development

Published on February 16th, 2023

Financial Literacy Training for Women in Papua New Guinea

Kapily Puluku was in fifth grade when a man arrived at her father’s house with 50 pigs and other traditional gifts to seek her hand in marriage. And just like that, Kapily’s dream of pursuing further studies reached a dead end as she left school, got married, settled in Lae, Morobe Province of Papua

Category: Economic Growth & Trade

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