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• WDI Leads Research in Gender Equity Impact Investment Effort

  WDI Leads Research in Gender Equity Impact Investment Effort

  Wednesday, December 9, 2020

  WDI's Performance Measurement & Improvement team is leading the research for the Gender-Smart Enterprise Assistance Research Coalition (G-SEARCh) which includes six impact investors. The group came together with a shared goal of supporting small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets to incorporate gender across their respective business models.
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• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Global Case Writing Competition Launches

  Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Global Case Writing Competition Launches

  Thursday, October 29, 2020

  WDI Publishing and the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, and its Sanger Leadership Center are joining together to address this important movement by launching the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Global Case Writing Competition.
  
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• WDI to Launch New Labor Practices Group

  WDI to Launch New Labor Practices Group

  Wednesday, October 14, 2020

  WDI is teaming up with University of Michigan Professor Achyuta Adhvaryu, who leads the Good Business Lab (GBL), to launch a new Labor Practices group at the Institute. As part of the Institute's consulting services team, this new practice area will add value to the work happening across WDI, and will enhance the learning available at Ross Michigan Ross and U-M.
  
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• Perspective: Letting Businesses Lead Research

  Perspective: Letting Businesses Lead Research

  Thursday, September 24, 2020

  Too often, global development research hinges on the interest of researchers, rather than the knowledge needs of small business people and, most importantly, their impacted communities. But there are times when growing businesses in low- and middle-income countries should lead the researchers – not the other way around.
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