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With only 57% of Ghanaians having had access to financial services, financial inclusion remains a problem. Our new program will help relieve credit needs for borrowers until they can access more traditional (aka institutional) lines of credit.
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And we are expanding into the Dominican Republic. Soon possibly Africa. Visit our website and get involved!
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Five policies to cut reliance from Russian fuel-imports that help save the climate 🤝
1 Encourage telecommuting 🏡
2 Reduce speed limits 🏎
3 Ban cars from inner cities 🌆
4 Adapt streets for safe cycling 🚴♀️
5 Replace short-haul flights with teleconferencing or train travel ☎️🚂
A set of changes could cut European reliance on fossil-fuel imports from Russia by 20–60% within one year, argues @efesce go.nature.com/3twV2zA
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@viewpoint_plaza shares details of a big climate and infrastructure policy intersection to come out of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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RAISE Proposals Are in; What Will it Mean for Climate Change? dlvr.it/SPpcyP
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Brief: U.S. DOT Rural EV Toolkit Is Good but No Panacea dlvr.it/SJyxWH
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Mock the metaverse at your own peril—urban planners especially—writes Robert Fischer (@viewpoint_plaza). planetizen.com/blogs/115344-…
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It's Time to Get Serious About the Metaverse dlvr.it/SHTcbM
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I had a super-fun chat with @esaagar and @makosloff at @RealignmentPod on batteries, China, and why the U.S. is so incredibly behind everyone getting its supply chain act together. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
"Hype is the water in which auto companies (and banks) swim in." (Credit: I can't remember...but it's obvious).
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Imagine of all these mostly new bike-riders in Paris were still driving cars, but had switched to electric cars instead of bikes. The same car gridlock that Paris had before, more pollution, & a worse city for people by every measure. HT @AdamTranter video
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The Bill is Signed; What’s Next? dlvr.it/SD3l14
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Wow, that was quick. At COP26, GM, Volvo and Ford execs openly demanded more subsidies for electric cars and building of taxpayer-funded “infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure.” Audio/transcripts at the-spokesmen.com/COP26 – at Byker, England
* The White House has already been releasing fact sheets with state-by-state summaries of funding (like this one from the Texas Tribune. A lot of these dollars are flowing through current formula funding programs which engage state DOTs and regional MPOs.
texastribune.org/2021/11/09/…