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Global Communities Announces Initiative to Promote Sourcing Communities’ Sustainability and Resilience
Global Communities Announces Initiative to Promote Sourcing Communities’ Sustainability and Resilience Silver Spring (January 24, 2018) –  Global Communities today announced the launch of the …
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Global Communities’ Programs in India
Beginning in 2003, Global Communities partnered with India’s local governments, national ministries, corporations and hundreds of communities across the country to design and implement programs …
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The Business Perspective in BiH Still Exists
The Business Perspective in BiH Still Exists Successes from the LIDER Microfinance Program in Bosnia and Herzegovina In the ocean of negative information, pessimistic persecution …
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Enterprising Africa: Where Strong Systems Boost Business
Enterprising Africa: Where Strong Systems Boost Business By David A. Weiss, President and CEO of Global Communities  |  This article originally appeared in the Huffington …
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Economic Development Factsheet
Economic Development Factsheet Global Communities’ economic development programs aim to catalyze sustainable and inclusive economic growth by strengthening the capacity and integration of economic actors …
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VIP: Building Community Resiliency Through Cooperatives
Building Community Resiliency Through Cooperatives Visiting International Professionals Elena Gillis, Muhammad Malik, Samad Sadri, and Alison Salisbury Rwanda-USA, January-May 2016 Are cooperatives making a difference …
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Global Communities in Lebanon: Agriculture – Farming, Aquaculture, and Modern Greenhouses
Global Communities in Lebanon: Agriculture – Farming, Aquaculture, and Modern Greenhouses Clustering for Economic Development and Revitalization of Industry Sectors Through CEDARSplus, which builds on …
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Global Communities in Lebanon: Agriculture
Global Communities in Lebanon: Agriculture Lebanon Apple Production Agriculture is Lebanon’s third most important sector, employing about 15% of the active population. Global Communities has …
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Market Labor and Youth Capacity Assessment in Lebanon
Market Labor and Youth Capacity Assessment in Lebanon Worldwide, young people are three times more likely than their parents to be out of work. There …
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Agriculture & Food Security Programming
Agriculture & Food Security Programming Global Communities’ agriculture and food security programs aim to improve livelihoods through increasing agricultural production and sales and enhancing food security …
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When One Door Closes, Another Opens: Syrian Entrepreneurs Creating New Economic Opportunities in Jordan
When One Door Closes, Another Opens: Syrian Entrepreneurs Creating New Economic Opportunities in Jordan The Alwis Brothers Co. was established in Syria in 1935 as …
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From Sex Worker to Car Washer: DREAMS Program Helping Young Women Live Empowered Lives
From Sex Worker to Car Washer: DREAMS Program Helping Young Women Live Empowered Lives This article first appeared on BBC Swahili |  By Idris Situma Twenty-three year …
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Using Evidence to Reduce Poverty in the World’s Poorest Places
Using Evidence to Reduce Poverty in the World’s Poorest Places By Milton Funes, Director of Program Impact and Learning at Global Communities This article was …
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MENA YES: Adapting and Sustaining Demand-Driven Training Programs
Adapting and Sustaining Demand-Driven Training Programs: A Case Study from the Middle East While the unprecedented transitions taking place in Middle East and North Africa …
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Allowing Refugees to Better Their Communities Results in Big Benefits
Allowing Refugees to Better Their Communities Results in Big Benefits By David Weiss, President and CEO, Global Communities This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post. …
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Building a Healthy, Prosperous and Bright Future in Rwanda
Building a Healthy, Prosperous and Bright Future in Rwanda Global Communities has been working with USAID and Feed The Future to help 125,000 Rwandans live …
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Sowing Futures Through Volunteerism in Horizontina, Brazil (video)
Sowing Futures Through Volunteerism in Horizontina, Brazil Global Communities is working with communities, youth and local institutions in Horizontina, Brazil through a participatory approach that …
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Multipurpose Cooperative Entities Challenge Cooperative Sector in Uganda
Multipurpose Cooperative Entities Challenge Cooperative Sector in Uganda By Richard Mujuni, Program Officer, DESIGN team, Uganda This article originally appeared on the Global Cooperative Learning Platform. One …
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