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19Apr2018The implementation challenge: sustainability solutions for infrastructure and extractives in emerging markets
EMSD Workshop in Mexico City on 19 and 20 April Investments in infrastructure and the extractive industries can be a powerful engine for sustainable growth and development. When poorly planned and executed, they may create substantial risks, including for the environment, the well-being of local communities and public finances. The two-day workshop, hosted jointly by the Emerging Market Sustainability Dialogues (EMSD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), brought together stakeholders from the private and financial sectors, including project developers, asset managers…
24Jan2018The Future of Work in India | Tandem Research hosts Scenario Workshop in Goa
Building on the discussions around the Future of Work at the EPF Think Week 2017, EPF-members Tandem Research (India), CIPPEC (Argentina) and HSRC (South Africa) launched a project that seeks to shed light on future socio-economic and particularly employment impacts of technological change in the specific contexts of their political economies in 2030 and beyond. The project builds on the assumption that rapid technological change will have major disruptive effects on our societies, which however will be specific to different…
30Oct2017Think Week 2017: “Value Chains and the Future of Work in the Digital Age – Opportunities for Emerging Economies”
Digitalisation: Opportunities for Greener and More Inclusive Value Chains in Emerging Markets The impact of digitalisation is growing, not least in emerging markets: Whether it is renting a shared bicycle in New Delhi, taking out a small business loan in rural parts of China or leasing light for Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, digitalisation is increasingly shaping the ways people organise their lives and business operations. The public perception of digitalisation within societies is often dominated more by fear of job loss…
14Jul2017International Roundtable on Women’s Economic Empowerment and Reproductive Health
The Emerging Market Sustainability Dialogues (EMSD), together with EPF's member think tank Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and Global Health Strategies (GHS), hosted a roundtable on women’s economic empowerment and reproductive health and rights on 14 July 2017 in the GIZ offices in Berlin. Following the G20 Summit on 7 and 8 July in Hamburg, the one-day roundtable took stock of current global as well as country-level dynamics regarding women’s rights. The event focussed on both socio-economic empowerment as well as fundamental sexual…
31May2017T20 Germany and Beyond: Digital Economy – Back-to-Back Roundtable
Given the importance of the topic, the T20 Summit featured a vast variety of inputs on digitalisation, such as the panels on “Digitalisation: Enabler of Inclusive Global Growth and Development” and “Dealing with Labour Market Challenges in the Digital Economy”. This was complemented by an EPF back-to-back roundtable on “T20 Germany and beyond: digital economy”, which brought together a selected group of international experts and representatives of the T20 Task Force on Digital Economy. Participants reflected on the policy briefs…
29May2017Driving the Business Case for Sustainable Infrastructure at T20 summit
EPF was invited to organize an expert panel on “Driving the Business Case for Sustainable Infrastructure” at the T20 summit, reporting on some of the findings of its Policy Initiative on this issue, and bringing experts from finance and policy making to the discussion. Daniel Taras, Global Programme Director of EMSD and facilitator of the panel made clear: Sustainable infrastructure is one of the great challenges of today, one that requires strong commitment and exchange between investors, civil society, companies…
24Mar2017Sustainable Infrastructure Roundtable
Emerging markets are already the largest global infrastructure investors, while at the same time facing the largest investment needs. The scale of the challenge to deliver on the quantity and quality of infrastructure in emerging economies is unprecedented. Ensuring the sustainability of these investments will give impetus to the development paths of emerging economies and will make or break the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and global climate commitments. There are various global initiatives to drive sustainable infrastructure forward.…
23Mar2017Workshop on Sustainable Infrastructure Convening the Conveners
The first of its kind joint workshop of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Emerging Market Sustainability Dialogues (EMSD) in Berlin on March 23rd brought together 30 initiatives and organisations on how to better cooperate on promoting sustainability in infrastructure projects. 70 percent of future greenhouse gas emissions from developing countries will come from infrastructure assets which have not yet been built. Thus we face the double challenge of closing the infrastructure gap in developing countries and emerging markets and…