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Technology’s role in sustainability: Takeaways from the AWS Sustainability Breakfast Briefing

AWS Public Sector

There is increased recognition that sustainability cannot be a siloed business unit within an organisation. The main takeaway is that sustainability transformation takes time – but every step along the journey can be meaningful. This blog post provides a recap of the highlights from the sustainability briefing.

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How Developing Countries Reduce the Impact of Climate Vulnerability on Sovereign Risk

Inter-American Development Bank

In our recent publication, Asymmetric Sovereign Risk: Implications for Climate Change Preparation , we explore how perceptions of climate risk influence sovereign spreads across countries with varying economic conditions.

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How to Prevent Debt from Hurting Economic Growth

Inter-American Development Bank

The debt threshold is not the same for all countries because it can be influenced by different factors such as the economic structure, for example. Our research shows that several factors influence the effects of public debt on growth. For LAC countries, this threshold is at approximately 53 percent of GDP.

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Strategic Procurement: 4 Tactics for Economic Recovery in 2021

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In August 2020 Gartner published this report “4 Tactics Procurement Can Use to Sustain Influence as Economic Conditions Improve” This blog summarizes the key points of the report which you can read in full, here. Influence The Board by Mapping the value of procurement projects to business priorities.

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In Kazakhstan, opening up procurement boosts public oversight and prevents millions in wasteful spending

Open Contracting Partnership

The government has promoted public participation in procurement monitoring, which is vital to combating corruption and improving efficiency, but few independent civil society organizations and individuals had the information, skills and influence to track contracting effectively. Implementing sustainable procurement practices.

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Striving for data excellence: How the Netherlands’ TenderNed is enabling procurement insights for government and public users

Open Contracting Partnership

For example, after TenderNed noticed a high percentage of contracting procedures in the database had unrealistic award values, they activated their “team of e-procurement influencers” – external e-procurement experts with a large follower base. Visit OCP’s blog for more on how OCDS complements eForms ).

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ISDS and ESG: Friends or Foes?

Kluwer Arbitration

Sustainable development requires resources, which foreign states can access through foreign investment. This post will also show that ISDS can become an effective tool to ensure a sustainable future. As demonstrated in this post, these critiques are misguided. IBA Report, p.