How a small boost can lead to big dreams: microfinance success stories
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At just 16 years old, while working in a bakery in Paraguay, Vanessa realised she had found her calling. While others continued their studies, she chose a different path, staying close to the work that inspired her most: serving customers with care, leading a team and delivering quality products while supporting local producers. While youngโฆ
โHow many hours, how many pages?โ The hidden cost of cybersecurity for SMEs
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For large companies serving millions of customers, cyber threats are an unfortunate reality. They operate complex digital infrastructures, handle vast amounts of sensitive data, and usually have dedicated cybersecurity teams and resources to manage these risks.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), however, face a very different reality.ย Many handle sensitive customer information but cannot afford aโฆ
When unemployment rises,ย people reach for entrepreneurship: how can governmentsย help them?ย
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As the UK labour market adjusts to a new economic reality, recent data from theย Office for National Statisticsย showsย unemployment rising to around 5.2%, its highest level since 2021.ย ย
This shift reflects broader global patterns, where hiring is slowing and many traditional roles are being reshaped by automation and artificial intelligence. While numbers alone do not alwaysโฆ
The weight of the cloud: the cost of AI for water
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When people talk about โthe cloudโ, it sounds weightless, something almost magical floating in the sky. Except that it isnโt. It lives on the ground, in data centres filled with servers that store, process and move staggering amounts of information every second. These data centres consume energy, occupy land, use metals and minerals from globalโฆ
More than movies: Can film drive regional development?
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When fans travel toย Northern Irelandย toย experience landscapes made famous byย Game of Thrones, they are doing more than chasing a fantasy, they areย fuellingย a regional economy. Although theย televisionย series concludedย inย 2019, it still draws aroundย 350ย 000 visitors each year, representingย aroundย one in sixย visitors from outside Northern Ireland.ย How can more regions reel in the benefits ofย movie stardom?ย
Repensar las realidades rurales: cuรกles son los desafรญos y dรณnde se encuentran las oportunidades
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En el imaginario colectivo, las regiones rurales suelen evocar imรกgenes de abandono y decadencia. Sin embargo, esto estรก lejos de reflejar la realidad. Las zonas rurales albergan al 30% de la poblaciรณn de la OCDE y, en algunos casos, estรกn creciendo mรกs rรกpido que las ciudades en tรฉrminos de desarrollo, productividad e innovaciรณn. Entonces, ยฟporโฆ
De la informalidad a la inclusiรณn: Compartiendo los recursos rurales de Amรฉrica Latina
Reading Time: 4 minutes
Las comunidades rurales de Amรฉrica Latina producen gran parte de los alimentos, energรญa y minerales de los que depende el mundo. Sin embargo, para la mayorรญa de los habitantes rurales, la promesa de una prosperidad duradera sigue siendo inalcanzable porque a: pesar de esta riqueza, el trabajo informal e inseguro sigue presente, debilitando los mediosโฆ
Dโunย simpleย ยซ Bonjour ยปย au sentiment de communautรฉย : lesย Hyper-voisins de Parisย donnent lโexemple
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Hypervoisins illustre comment des initiatives locales peuvent renforcer la cohรฉsion sociale et lutter contre la solitude en milieu urbain. En proposant des activitรฉs de quartier organisรฉes, des espaces partagรฉs et du soutien entre voisins, les habitants tissent des liens plus solides et amรฉliorent le bien-รชtre collectif. Ce modรจle pourrait-il รชtre reproduit dans dโautres villes pourโฆ
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่ฟๅนดใๅ จไธ็็ใซๅฐๅญๅใ้ฒ่กใใฆใใใๅญไพใฏ็คพไผใฎๅฎใงใใใใใฎ็ฌ้กใฏๆชๆฅใธใฎๅธๆใงใใใใ ใใใใใไปใ็ใใ็งใใกใใ็ขบใใชใๆฆ็ฅใใจใๆๅฟใใๆใฃใฆใๆใไบบใๅฎๅฟใใฆๅญไพใ็ฃใฟ่ฒใฆใๅญไพใๅฅใใใซๆ้ทใงใใ็ฐๅขใๆดใใใใจใ้่ฆใ ใใใฎ่ใใฏใOECDใฎๅ็ตใฎๆนๅๆงใจใ่ปใไธใซใใใใฎใงใใใย
ๆฑไบฌ้ฝใ2025ๅนด๏ผๆใซ็ญๅฎใใใ2050ๆฑไบฌๆฆ็ฅใใงใฏใๆฆ็ฅใฎ็ฌฌไธใซใใใซใใฌใณใใกใผในใใใๆฒใใฆใใใๆๅชๅ ใง้ฒใใฆใใใใใใใฎๅ็ตใไปใ็ขบๅฎใซๅฎใ็ตใใงใใฆใใใ
Fromย โBonjourโย to belonging: Parisโย Hypervoisinsย are showing the way
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Hypervoisins demonstrates how community-based initiatives can enhance social cohesion and mitigate loneliness in urban settings. Through structured neighbourhood activities, shared spaces and peer support, residents develop stronger social networks and improve collective wellbeing. Could this model provide a scalable approach for other cities seeking to address social isolation and strengthen local community ties?
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