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How Water Affects Conflict (From Dune 2 to Reality)

Water is a fundamental right and necessity. However, it has long been a source of conflict and tension throughout human ...

From Greasy to Clean: The magic transformation from kitchen waste oil to sustainable aviation fuel in China

Episode 1: Produced in kitchen leftovers Fig1. Waste oil from school cafeteria leftovers In the process of enjoying various kinds ...

The Nature Conservation and Renewable Energy Conundrum

After global leaders pledged to triple renewable capacity in COP28, word breaks out about a wind farm installation that threatens ...

Diinsider Life’s 2023 Recap: Hurdles and Breakthroughs in the Development Sector

Many areas have seen a halt to progress, in part due to a convergence of crises that include the ongoing ...

Why food waste crisis is a critical environmental problem in Southeast Asia?

Food has a very high degree of complexity. It is a vital component of all societies, something we must survive, ...

2023 SDGs progress report: The peculiarity of Nigerian progress

By A A ISAACTAMSON “The seventeen (17) Sustainable Development Goals are integrated…they recognized that action in one area will affect ...

Challenges and opportunities: The road of industrial transformation and upgrading in Yiwu

By Jiawei Li, Junhan Xu, Yicheng Yao "Manufacturing relocation is inevitable; Southeast Asian and South American countries will take over ...

What did Ecuador’s largest hydropower project bring to the country?

By Zhouai Joann Yu “Ecuador has 30% of our energy production based on hydropower. Sounds good right?” says Emilio Cobo, ...

Local Entrepreneurship and Global Competitiveness: From Yiwu Toy Industry to the Whole Market

By Wenxuan Song, Yinlong Shen, Yuan Ning, Yufan Zhu Dating back to the Qing Qianlong period, as the saying goes, ...

Sustainable tourism: preserving the ecosystem and creating livelihood

One of the horrible ironies of the climate problem is that some of the most stunning and well-known locations on ...

A comprehensive look at social enterprises in Thailand

The numerous social, economic, and environmental issues brought on by capitalism have given rise to social enterprise (SE), which has ...

Exposing the gender divide in Nigerian digital literacy

By A A IsaacTamson The modern world arrogated that technology is pulling down the pillars of ancient Nigeria; it pointed ...

What needs to be done to close the gender gap in Uganda’s education

By A A ISAACTAMSON Gender discrimination has changed its garment. It is very much alive today in almost all countries ...

Addressing child labour issue in Africa for a sustainable future

In the last four years, there has been a dramatic increase of 8.4 million children, bringing the total number of ...

Exploring the situation of Social Enterprises in ASEAN

This is Diinsider's introductory series of articles exploring the environment of social enterprises in ASEAN. Since about ten years ago, ...

Small Loans, Big Issues: Microfinance and Women Empowerment

In 1974, Professor Yunus made a $27 loan to the villagers of Jobra who were too poor to get any ...

“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose”: why and how Shakespeare is a complex figure in decolonization of education

By Jingye Tang Since the Black Lives Matters movements in 2020, popular and academic appeals for further decolonization in education ...

A Comparative Perspective on Giving Day Based on GivingTuesday and 99 Giving Day

By: Ying Wang “Ying, the big day is almost here” “Can we count on you to make an impact, Ying?” ...

Examine How Preserving Intangible Cultural Heritage Influences Ethnic Women Empowerment

By: Yu Wan, Honggu Zhou, Xiang Zheng, Jingyi Liao, Zihan Zhang There are more than 5000 ethnic groups in the ...

Nepal Meets Menstrual Cup

By: Aishwarya Rani Singh In the year 2012, I joined Bachelors in Development Studies at National College. It was after ...

Importance of Community-based Initiative for Disaster Risk Reduction

By: ThinnNay Chi Sun Flood is regarded as one of the most continual natural hazards which can quickly become significant ...

Learning while Facebooking

By: AA Isaactamson In prehistoric times when access to education was limited, people jumped from library to library in search ...

Effects of Insecurity on Education

By: AA Isaactamson Globally, security has remained a subject of great concern. No nation or society can boast of being ...

Nigerian Youths’ Role in the Emergence of a new Nigeria

By: Abdulmalik Adetola Lawal The situation in Nigeria from the onset of gaining independence has been enveloped with socio, political, ...

The Real Influencers: Celebrities

By: A A Isaactamson It is clear to all that locally and globally, celebrities are fast becoming key actors in ...

The gaping hollow in India’s obligations as a welfare state

By: Shivani Raheja Health security as a responsibility of the State   Good health is “both essential and instrumental to human ...

Redefining Masculinity: Are Men Ready to Challenge the Stereotypes?

By: Wai Yan Lin The majority of men in society have been trying to live up to the expectations of ...

Through the lens of E-Naira: Looking at the future of the Central Bank Digital Currency

By: A A Isaactamson With the inception of technology, growing opportunities, and the financial incentives associated with the digital technology; ...

Embracing Feminism: A way to ensure Inclusive Development and Gender Equality

By: Asif Amer “From being apologetic of the label 'feminist', I have become convinced of the need to use the ...

The dilemma of work and family for rural women in China: how do government and enterprises address it?

By: Juliana Sun, Maggie Sun, Weiyi Wang, Xiangjun Ye Among the rolling hills of Ceheng County in Guizhou province, China, ...

Internalized Misogyny and How it Affects Women in Development

By: Victoria Thaw We have all heard of the words Sexism, Homophobia, Racism, etc but we do not often hear ...

The challenges faced by India’s frontline healthcare (S) heroes

By: Shivani Raheja India’s healthcare system houses a three-tiered structure. This includes Sub-centres, Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Community Health ...

Education: Game Changer for Refugee Women and Girls in Kakuma

By: Anastasia Chen, Cici Chen, Daisy Ding, Raining Li, Zora Zhang Not long ago, the Tokyo Olympics came to a ...

Monitoring and Evaluation 101 with Levante International Development

By: Samyuktha Sethuraman Monitoring and Evaluation, commonly known as M&E is probably something we have already heard by now, especially ...

Why Anti-Food Waste Law Is Necessary

By: Yayun Lai On the 5th of May 2021, Youth With You, a trendy talent show where over 100 trainees compete ...

Elderly Care in China: Obstacles and Innovations

By: Liuliu Zhang Aging is an inevitable trend in China and will be so for quite a long time. The ...

Financing Renewable Resources to Mitigate Climate Change

By: Marc Aguilar, Yunish Ghimire Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of this generation. The research on ...

Is Moving Towards Digital Sustainability Marketing of Benefit to All?

By: Mahira Rodoshee & Yayun Lai With consumers placing more focus on the environmental effect of the product, it's dawning ...

No Child’s Play: Understanding the Challenges Faced By Children Worldwide During COVID-19

By: Siyi Chu and Harshvi Trivedi Gargi Mishra is a 21-year old Teach for India fellow teaching in a low-income ...

Myanmar in triple peril: COVID-19, military coup, and hunger

By: Lara Grace Palay & Liuliu Zhang In 2015, world leaders created a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ...

Analysis: Gender Disparity Amidst COVID-19

By: Danyun Xiong, Phoo Pwint The year 2020 is unlike any other in the course of human history. The outbreak ...

How far are we in achieving a plastic-free world?

By: Hans Ethan Carbonilla, Punkhuri Kumar When we see waters from the river flowing, lakes being calm, waterfalls roaring, the ...

Social Impact 101

By: Samyuktha Sethuraman Social Impact. If you are in the Development sector, you might have heard these two words quite ...

Who Run The World? Understanding The Role of Women in Protests Around The World

By: Harshvi Trivedi Protesting is as fundamental a right as voting. In the last few years, many demonstrations have shown ...

1 Person, 1 Yuan, 1 Day, 1 Family: One Foundation leads the creation of a more inclusive society in China

By: Liuliu Zhang A More Inclusive Society for Children with Autism Every April 2nd, on the World Autism Awareness Day, ...

The Pathway to China’s Carbon Neutral Goal

By: Yayun Lai On the 18th meeting of the Comprehensively Deepening Reform Committee, Chinese leader Xi Jinping once again highlighted ...

A Closer Look into Thailand’s Digital Economy: Success and Challenges

By: Thawdar Lwin In the digital era, the digital economy is emerging exponentially because of its dynamic nature and the ...

The Unfunny Side of the Meme Culture

By: Punkhuri Kumar Most of us spend hours scrolling through our Facebook and Instagram feeds, looking at memes and sharing ...

Struggles of Dhaka’s Street food Vendors to Survive During Pandemic

By: Mahira Nazniba Rodoshee A day in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, cannot be imagined without the delicious and ...

Earthier: Fighting Diabetes and Empowering Farmers

By: Yunish Ghimire Abhinandan Dhakal, a masters student of Environmental Economics from the University of York, wanted to make a ...

Young Filipinos, Speak! Our Voices Matter

By: Faustina Talita Dizon The Philippines is faced with an uncertain future. Today’s pressing societal issues such as education disparity, ...

Shadow Education: A Barrier to the Universalization of Education?

If one were to ask, what is the purpose of education, there would not be one straightforward answer. If we ...

Battling the pandemic medical wastes through Filipino technology

By: Frances Kristene Alvero-Laguda With the continued battle against COVID-19 in the Philippines, so is the continued rise in the ...

What does Carbon Trade entail for Nepal?

By: Yunish Ghimire In January of 2021, The World Bank approved an Emission Reduction (ER) project in the Terai area ...

Fighting Gender Inequality through the Philippines’ Roots

By: Marc Adrian Aguilar The Philippines had been hailed as one of the countries embracing gender equality. The Global Gender ...

Who is ‘She’; Why is ‘She’ unnoticed?

By: Pranesh Lavania Well in my humble opinion, ‘She’ is the only ‘God’ but let’s understand how the world views ...

Local efforts help protect the endangered Irrawaddy Dolphins in Myanmar

By: Thinn Nay Chi Sun The iconic Irrawaddy dolphins of Myanmar are facing a range of threats from economic development ...

Digging Deep: Covid-19 school closures around the world will hit girls The hardest

By: Sania Akter Riza Schools typically provide safe spaces for girls. When they are in school, they are less likely ...

How Improving English Language Skills can contribute to Socio-Economic Development of Myanmar?

By: Aung Myin Thu & Kyal Sin Phu Before Myanmar’s independence in 1948 was gained, a significant number of records ...

It’s Time to Finance Myanmar’s Future, But How?

By: Thinn Nay Chi Sun & Li Bolun Identifying the right projects that are financially viable and socially meaningful has ...

How microfinance projects can contribute development to Myanmar?

By: Thinn Nay Chi Sun The increasing numbers of Microfinance Institutions are trying to win over the 33 million unbacked ...

A Liveable Cebu: Making it Happen with These 3 Local Initiatives

By: Lara Eviota Cebu, Philippines is known for its picturesque beaches, stunning mountains, and summery vibes. For its scenic views, ...

Have a glance at these Responsible Businesses at the different corners of the world

By: Yingle Su and Shune Lai Thida To start positive changes and create sustainable social impact, people around the globe ...

The next-generation of business is not just about making money anymore

By: Yingle Su Climate change. Air pollution. Sea level rise. Increasing human activities is gradually encroaching our planet. Business activities ...

Widening Horizons: Opportunities for Social Entrepreneurs Around the World

By: Bushra Humaira Sadaf & Rasha Gobaco As selfless as the cause of social entrepreneurship sounds, it is gaining experience, ...

Why We Need to Talk About The Impact of Flood in Myanmar’s Agriculture Sector

By: Thinn Nay Chi Sun   The agriculture sector is Myanmar’s main industry producing 23% of the country’s gross domestic ...