UN-Habitat and Switzerland launch new programme on Urban Planning and Infrastructure in cities hosting migrants
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14 January 2021 - UN-Habitat is partnering with the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to improve access to reliable services and socio-economic opportunities for migrants and displaced populations in urban settlements. The three-year programme “Urban Planning and Infrastructure in Migration Contexts” with a budget of USD 3.65 million (CHF 3.25 million), funded by the Swiss Government, was launched at the start of this year. It will support municipalities hosting displaced populations in Myanmar, Jordan, Egypt and Cameroon.
The project will focus activities on developing a common understanding of the issues affecting neighbourhoods, mapping provision and gaps in public infrastructure services in coordination with humanitarian interventions. The design of urban profiles for the selected vulnerable neighbourhoods enables the development of a sha
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EBRD supports secure, green energy in Jordan with $100m loan to NEPCO
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing Jordan’s National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) with a $100 million financing package to help the firm address working capital constraints by replacing short-term debt financing borrowed at the first peak of the COVID-19 crisis in the spring with a longer-term facility.
With funding from the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the EBRD will also support NEPCO in an apprenticeship programme to promote career opportunities for women and young professionals, taking the opportunity of this pandemic-related support to build a more inclusive energy sector.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing Jordan’s National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) with a US$ 100 million financing package to help the firm address working capital constraints by replacing short-term debt financing
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Ghana has launched a digital financial services (DFS) policy, which the government hopes will support various measures it is taking to leverage DFS in its COVID-19 response.
According to a report by businessdailyafrica, as part of the policy, the government has removed fees for low-value remittances, relaxed transaction and wallet size limits for mobile money, made know-your-customer (KYC) transferable from SIM registrations to allow for remote mobile money account openings, and zero-rated all interoperable transactions made through the interbank switch. These initiatives, it stated, were agreed in consultation between providers and the central bank, which will mean that the long-term viability of digital finance should hopefully be preserved.
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Ghana has launched a digital financial services (DFS) policy, which the government hopes will support various measures it is taking to leverage DFS in its COVID-19 response.
According to a report by businessdailyafrica, as part of the policy, the government has removed fees for low-value remittances, relaxed transaction and wallet size limits for mobile money, made know-your-customer (KYC) transferable from SIM registrations to allow for remote mobile money account openings, and zero-rated all interoperable transactions made through the interbank switch. These initiatives, it stated, were agreed in consultation between providers and the central bank, which will mean that the long-term viability of digital finance should hopefully be preserved.