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Here's How Alternative Credit Scoring Can Improve the Poor's Access to Loans

Through machine learning, data from nontraditional sources, such as telcos, are analyzed for credit risk assessment of the unbanked.

   Finance sector development, Information and communications technology
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
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How Well We Manage Water Will Determine How Climate-Resilient We Are

Innovations in water management and adaptive planning can create opportunities for climate adaptation and mitigation.

   Climate change, Water
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
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How Incentivizing Change is Transforming the Urban Landscape in Bangladesh

Performance-based funding improved urban governance and quality of infrastructure and services, and promoted women’s empowerment.

   Bangladesh; Gender Equality, Public sector management and governance, Urban development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Rajasthan Rising: Valuing Institutional Capacity as Much as Infrastructure Improvements

India’s Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project offers practical operational lessons and best practices for forging more livable cities.

   India; Capacity development, Public sector management and governance, Urban development
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Avoiding Renewable Energy's Unintended Impacts on Birds

An online mapping tool will help ensure that renewable energy projects are developed without risking significant harm to birds and biodiversity.

   Climate change, Energy, Environment, Safeguards
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals