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New World Development: Leading Disruptor in Real Estate Industry
Founded in 1970, New World Development Company Ltd (“the Group”, Hong Kong stock code: 00017) was publicly listed in Hong Kong in 1972 and is a constituent stock of the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index. The Group’s core businesses include
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UNCDF: Secrets to Easing Funding Process for Less Wealthy Countries’ Climate Battle
Qatar’s under-sung conference shared the limelight with larger international events — but it provided some key points for decarbonisation… A high-level conference addressing climate change was convened in March — and we aren’t talking about COP28. It was a high-level
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UNCDF: COP27 Pledges Biodiversity Finance to Boost Climate-Change Resilience
Forests, coral reefs and populations most at-risk come into focus at 2022 summit in Egypt. “From the beginning, this conference has been driven by two overriding themes: justice and ambition.” These were the words of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
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OECD: What Will It Take to Achieve UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?
Achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires financial and non-financial investment to discover sustainable development pathways. One of the key elements is securing enough capital. Development finance providers are working to mobilise commercial finance. They are designing blended finance
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UNCDF: Growth Capital Plan to Assist the World’s Least-Developed Nations
The International Municipal Investment Fund and allied initiatives will support entities with the potential to make a real difference in frontier markets. The International Municipal Investment Fund (IMIF) UNCDF and Meridiam signed an agreement to collaborate on the International Municipal
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Water in the Desert: A Challenge that TANQIA has Taken to Heart
TANQIA, the UAE’s first privately owned wastewater collection and treatment utility, does not lack vision. The state-of-the-art wastewater collection and treatment system (WWCTS) in Fujairah strives to drive down costs, promote sustainability, and accommodate future demand with renewable energy. Water
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Making Expo 2020 Deeply Personal: How Accenture Helped Put the Visitor at the Heart of the World’s Greatest Show
When we first started working with Expo and Etisalat Digital over six years ago, they had bold and ambitious plans for what they wanted Dubai’s Expo to be. Now that it’s all over, we can say without argument that Expo2020
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IFC: After Glasgow, Four Steps to Keep Us On Track
The UN Climate Conference in Glasgow saw a flurry of commitments and proposals to limit temperature rises to 1.5°C. While there was concrete headway on several fronts, COP26 also underscored the enormity of the task still ahead. Four clear signposts
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Rescue by Helicopter Reserves
The world woke up on Monday 23 with higher international reserves for all countries. A new allocation of US$650 billion (SDR450 billion) in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to its member countries has entered into
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World Bank’s Vice President for Infrastructure: Now is the Time to Rethink Transport and Logistics
Covid-19 has had a huge impact on transport. The response to the pandemic, from social distancing to lockdown policies for affected areas, has disrupted mobility and connectivity everywhere. It has had cumulative impacts on the basic infrastructure and systems that
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