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Supporting Low-Income Entrepreneurs in Nairobi
Over the past five years, SOMO has grown from a proposal submitted to the Big Ideas Contest to a viable nonprofit, which receives close to
November 25, 2019
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Pakistan and the U.S. – Challenges and Opportunities
by Luis Flores Berkeley – The Center for South Asia Studies, in conjunction with the Blum Center for Developing Economies, hosted current Pakistani Ambassador to
October 17, 2011
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How Indigenous burning shaped the Klamath’s forests for a millennia
Combining scientific data with Indigenous oral histories and ecological knowledge, research by Blum Center Associate Director for Sustainable Development Matthew Potts shows how cultural burning practices of Native people of the Klamath Mountains helped shape the region’s forests for at least a millennia prior to European colonization.
March 14, 2022
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The Blum Center and the Sustainable Development Goals
By Sybil Lewis On September 25, 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, establishing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end
December 15, 2015
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Going “Beyond the Bowl” to Achieve Gender Equity in Sanitation
By Tamara Straus In 2013 Isha Ray, a UC Berkeley professor and international water expert, received a request from UN Women—to determine whether progress on
November 16, 2015