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Creature feature: digging up nature-based solutions from creepy, crawly critters

By Amy Bennett We like bugs. In fact, the UNDP Accelerator Labs are learning that bugs hold solutions to some of the more challenging local problems that communities face. If we were to learn from these tiny critters and the innovations derived from them, they could have the potential to…

Insects

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Creature feature: digging up nature-based solutions from creepy, crawly critters
Creature feature: digging up nature-based solutions from creepy, crawly critters
Insects

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Sep 13

The secret UNDP Accelerator Labs plan (just between you and me)

By Gina Lucarelli, Team Leader, UNDP Accelerator Labs Network UNDP’s Accelerator Lab Network is now at critical mass, creating value in 115 countries, earning media coverage, serving as a magnet for partnerships across the UN and beyond, and learning from the edge to accelerate learning on what it takes to…

Research And Development

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The secret UNDP Accelerator Labs plan (just between you and me)
The secret UNDP Accelerator Labs plan (just between you and me)
Research And Development

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Aug 30

Informal businesses and the shift to digital: what we learned from small enterprises joining the digital economy

By Alberto Cottica, Research and Development Specialist, UNDP Accelerator Labs and Eduardo Gustale, Monitoring, Experimentation and Learning Specialist, UNDP Accelerator Labs Businesses across the planet are embracing digital tools. Digital technology is changing the way they do everything, from logistics to accounting, from payments to marketing. But what about micro…

Informal Economy

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Informal businesses and the shift to digital: what we learned from small enterprises joining the…
Informal businesses and the shift to digital: what we learned from small enterprises joining the…
Informal Economy

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Jun 20

A race against time: how are the UNDP Accelerator Labs contributing to the Global Goals?

Written by: Erika Antoine, Communications and Partnerships Specialist, UNDP Accelerator Labs After nearly three years in activity in 115 countries and running more than 400 fast and agile learning challenges (think ‘units of work’), the UNDP Accelerator Labs are reaching a state of maturity. Over the course of three years…

Sustainable Development

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A race against time: how are the UNDP Accelerator Labs contributing to the Global Goals?
A race against time: how are the UNDP Accelerator Labs contributing to the Global Goals?
Sustainable Development

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May 3

Intellectual property and innovation: what can UNDP learn from the music world? (Part 1)

By Lorena Sander, Legal Innovation Advisor, UNDP “Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, She shall have music wherever she goes.” — Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross, English nursery rhyme From lullabies to jingles to mixtapes and playlists, music has been a constant in the way…

Intellectual Property

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Intellectual property and innovation: what can UNDP learn from the music world? (Part 1)
Intellectual property and innovation: what can UNDP learn from the music world? (Part 1)
Intellectual Property

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Mar 10

Learning from the ingenuity of women and men in ‘least developed countries’

Written by: Gina Lucarelli, Team Leader, and Erika Antoine, Communications and Partnerships Specialist, UNDP Accelerator Labs. As the global community gathers in Doha for the 2023 LDC5 Conference to call attention to the bold investments needed in “least developed countries” (LDCs) to grapple with accelerating economic and environmental shocks, it…

Undp

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Learning from the ingenuity of women and men in ‘least developed countries’
Learning from the ingenuity of women and men in ‘least developed countries’
Undp

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Feb 3

Sailing through the storm: learning from local knowledge about the climate crisis in the Global South

By: Alberto Cottica, R&D Specialist, UNDP Accelerator Labs In the Global South, climate change is a development problem. It is both a problem and an amplifier of other development problems, such as subpar infrastructure, weak institutions, multidimensional poverty and armed conflicts. As such, it is a priority for UNDP, and…

Climate Crisis

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Sailing through the storm: learning from local knowledge about the climate crisis in the Global…
Sailing through the storm: learning from local knowledge about the climate crisis in the Global…
Climate Crisis

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Nov 29, 2022

Pushing Boundaries: Exploring Informal Innovation and Entrepreneurship in South Africa

By Jeroen P.J. de Jong, Professor, Utrecht University This is a guest blog written by Dr. Jeroen P.J. de Jong (j.p.j.dejong@uu.nl), who is leading a groundbreaking research project to explore household innovation and informal entrepreneurship in South Africa. This is a collaborative effort and the result of a partnership between…

Household Innovation

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Pushing Boundaries: Exploring Informal Innovation and Entrepreneurship 
 in South Africa
Pushing Boundaries: Exploring Informal Innovation and Entrepreneurship 
 in South Africa
Household Innovation

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Aug 9, 2022

Three signals of change: how digitalization is changing what informality looks like

By Tayo Akinyemi, Bas Leurs and Gina Lucarelli, UNDP Accelerator Labs — In this blog, we share what the UNDP Accelerator Lab Network is learning about the relationship between digitalization and formalization. This continues our journey as a Network to surface practice-based insights about informality as we also test out new ways of surfacing knowledge. Why does the connection between digitalization and…

Informality

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Three signals of change: how digitalization is changing what informality looks like
Three signals of change: how digitalization is changing what informality looks like
Informality

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May 25, 2022

Get on Board: Learning from Informal Transportation in the Global South

By Julia Nebrija, Greg Lindsay and Eduardo Gustale They move millions, employ hundreds of thousands, and support the sizable informal sector in urban economies. They are informal, or entrepreneurial transit modes (think ojeks, tuktuks, jeepneys, matatus or collectivos). They are reliant on the market: people need to go places, and…

Undp Accelerator Labs

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Get on Board: Learning from Informal Transportation in the Global South
Get on Board: Learning from Informal Transportation in the Global South
Undp Accelerator Labs

5 min read

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