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Delta Innovation Fund Alumni to Demonstrate Innovations April 17
April 4, 2019|post
Little Rock, Ark. – April 4, 2019 – The Delta Innovation Fund (Delta I-Fund) startup accelerator will host its 2019 Demo Day at the Clinton Presidential Center on April 17 at 4 p.m. Eight Delta I-Fund alumni companies will showcase their innovations and successful business models. Governor Asa Hutchinson, Delta Regional Authority Federal Co-Chairman Chris […]
What You May Not Know About Vietnam
March 11, 2019|post
As Asia’s newest tiger economy and host of the Trump-Kim Nuclear Summit on February 27-28, Vietnam has been the subject of amplified international attention recently. Yet the roar of press coverage about the country’s impressive post-war transformation has failed to highlight the example Vietnam has set for balancing economic development with climate goals. Since 2012, […]
Delta Innovation Fund Selects 20 Delta Startups for Accelerator Program
February 27, 2019|post
Cape Girardeau, Mo. – February 27, 2019 – Twenty early-stage startups from the Mississippi Delta region have been selected for the seventh cohort of the Delta Innovation Fund (Delta I-Fund) startup accelerator. Funded by the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) and administered by Winrock International, the Delta I-Fund is a proof-of-concept startup accelerator that connects budding […]
Learning from Neighbors
February 8, 2019|post
Representatives of three Cambodian villages recently came away determined to improve their local sanitation after visiting a nearby community that had successfully addressed similar problems. Many of the villagers are part of a working group formed in October to address inadequate access to safe water supply and sanitation (WASH) in central Cambodia’s Stung Chinit watershed. […]
Letter from Malawi
January 28, 2019|post
To reach Chituku Village in the Ntcheu district of Malawi we drive down a red dirt road along a broad plain where craggy peaks ring the horizon and young tobacco plants gleam in the morning sun. We switchback through mountain passes where the majestic Rift Valley spreads out below us and the waters of Lake […]
Working for Water in Nepal
January 22, 2019|post
Suman Basnet is sore. He spent his weekend running the Annapurna 100, a 50-kilometer trail race in western Nepal. The race is a demanding one, climbing all the way up to 3,500 meters and back down again, all at the base of the Himalayas. “I’m very proud, very satisfied, but very sore at the moment,” […]
Empowering Micro Hydro Plants in Nepal
January 3, 2019|post
“For a person who had never touched a computer throughout his life, trainings from Winrock opened unprecedented opportunities of learning. Soon after the trainings, I completed data entry for all customers and started a computer billing system with transparent accounting,” says Mohan Shrees, manager of the Chachalghat Micro Hydro Plant (MHP) in the Baglung District […]
Access to Water is Not Equal: This Framework Can Help
December 18, 2018|post
When it comes to addressing inequality, water management needs improvement. Analysis often lacks the tools and granular data to detect the disparities that underlie inequality. For example, a model might show that water supply is plentiful at the basin level—without revealing that remote, small farms within that basin struggle with scarcity. The result is a water […]
Winrock International Welcomes New Board Members
November 27, 2018|post
WASHINGTON, D.C. — November 27, 2018 — Winrock International, the U.S.-based national and international economic development organization, today announces the appointments of Paloma Adams-Allen, Lawrence S. Coben and Saud Siddique to its board of directors. Adams-Allen is president and chief executive officer of the Inter-American Foundation (IAF), an independent U.S. government agency that encourages partnerships […]
Getting ‘CLEAR’ About Child Labor
November 13, 2018|post
For the past four years, the CLEAR II team, represented by Winrock and its partners Verité and Lawyers Without Borders, has been working steadily to fight child labor. CLEAR II, which stands for Country Level Engagement and Assistance to Reduce Child Labor, aims to increase the capacity of host governments to reduce child labor. As […]