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Scottish Government Faces £770m Disability Benefits Funding Gap
Audit Scotland reports a £770 million funding gap in Scotland's adult disability payment (ADP), with projections reaching £2 billion by 2029/30, prompting concerns over the government's financial strategy.
Scottish Government Faces £770m Disability Benefits Funding Gap
Audit Scotland reports a £770 million funding gap in Scotland's adult disability payment (ADP), with projections reaching £2 billion by 2029/30, prompting concerns over the government's financial strategy.
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28% Bias Score
Seville Summit Highlights $420 Billion Gender Equality Funding Gap
The UN's Seville Summit highlighted a $420 billion annual funding gap to achieve gender equality in the Global South, urging immediate action to address systemic inequalities and implement the Seville Commitment, despite the absence of key players like the US.
Seville Summit Highlights $420 Billion Gender Equality Funding Gap
The UN's Seville Summit highlighted a $420 billion annual funding gap to achieve gender equality in the Global South, urging immediate action to address systemic inequalities and implement the Seville Commitment, despite the absence of key players like the US.
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48% Bias Score
US Aid Cuts Trigger Humanitarian Funding Crisis
The US withdrawal of $60 billion in development aid, coupled with further cuts from European nations, creates a critical funding gap in the humanitarian sector, leaving millions vulnerable and increasing the burden on remaining donors.
US Aid Cuts Trigger Humanitarian Funding Crisis
The US withdrawal of $60 billion in development aid, coupled with further cuts from European nations, creates a critical funding gap in the humanitarian sector, leaving millions vulnerable and increasing the burden on remaining donors.
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44% Bias Score
Sub-Saharan Africa's Energy Funding Deficit Hinders Clean Energy Transition
Sub-Saharan Africa faces a $12 billion annual energy funding deficit, hindering its goal of universal clean energy access by 2030, despite a recent shift towards renewable investments exceeding fossil fuels for the first time in 2023. The region's electricity demand will quadruple by 2050.
Sub-Saharan Africa's Energy Funding Deficit Hinders Clean Energy Transition
Sub-Saharan Africa faces a $12 billion annual energy funding deficit, hindering its goal of universal clean energy access by 2030, despite a recent shift towards renewable investments exceeding fossil fuels for the first time in 2023. The region's electricity demand will quadruple by 2050.
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40% Bias Score
US Aid Cuts Create \$156 Million Funding Gap in Ghana
US aid cuts leave Ghana with a \$156 million funding shortfall, threatening healthcare and agriculture; 150,000 people reliant on US-funded antiretroviral drugs face shortages, and food insecurity looms due to fertilizer and seed scarcity.
US Aid Cuts Create \$156 Million Funding Gap in Ghana
US aid cuts leave Ghana with a \$156 million funding shortfall, threatening healthcare and agriculture; 150,000 people reliant on US-funded antiretroviral drugs face shortages, and food insecurity looms due to fertilizer and seed scarcity.
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60% Bias Score
Springboard Enterprises: Bridging the Funding Gap for Women-Led Startups
Despite women-owned businesses accounting for 42% of US businesses, they receive only 2% of venture capital; Springboard Enterprises, a 24-year-old accelerator program founded by Kay Koplovitz and Amy Millman, addresses this disparity by providing funding and support, resulting in 90% of its 930+ co...
Springboard Enterprises: Bridging the Funding Gap for Women-Led Startups
Despite women-owned businesses accounting for 42% of US businesses, they receive only 2% of venture capital; Springboard Enterprises, a 24-year-old accelerator program founded by Kay Koplovitz and Amy Millman, addresses this disparity by providing funding and support, resulting in 90% of its 930+ co...
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40% Bias Score
Women Entrepreneurs: A Surge in Startups, But Persistent Systemic Barriers Remain
The number of women starting businesses reached an all-time high in 2025, but only 1.9% achieve over \$1 million in revenue, highlighting persistent systemic barriers despite the increase in alternative funding.
Women Entrepreneurs: A Surge in Startups, But Persistent Systemic Barriers Remain
The number of women starting businesses reached an all-time high in 2025, but only 1.9% achieve over \$1 million in revenue, highlighting persistent systemic barriers despite the increase in alternative funding.
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36% Bias Score
US Foreign Aid Cuts Create $60 Billion Funding Gap for Humanitarian Sector
The US announced a pause on foreign aid programs, creating a $60 billion funding gap and impacting millions dependent on US aid; while the EU and other European countries also cut funding, they have done so more gradually; the humanitarian sector faces critical challenges as a result.
US Foreign Aid Cuts Create $60 Billion Funding Gap for Humanitarian Sector
The US announced a pause on foreign aid programs, creating a $60 billion funding gap and impacting millions dependent on US aid; while the EU and other European countries also cut funding, they have done so more gradually; the humanitarian sector faces critical challenges as a result.
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36% Bias Score
Slow Progress on Global Biodiversity Protection Despite Kunming-Montreal Framework
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework aims to protect 30 percent of the planet's land and water by 2030, but progress is slow, with less than 0.5 percent increase in protected areas globally since 2020; China's commitment to an ecological civilization and efforts to integrate biodiversi...
Slow Progress on Global Biodiversity Protection Despite Kunming-Montreal Framework
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework aims to protect 30 percent of the planet's land and water by 2030, but progress is slow, with less than 0.5 percent increase in protected areas globally since 2020; China's commitment to an ecological civilization and efforts to integrate biodiversi...
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40% Bias Score
Underinvestment in Women-Led Businesses: A $5 Trillion Market Failure
Women-led startups generate more than twice the revenue per dollar invested than others, yet receive only 2% of venture capital funding and less than 1% of corporate procurement, despite driving 70-80% of consumer spending; achieving gender parity in investment could increase global GDP by $5 trilli...
Underinvestment in Women-Led Businesses: A $5 Trillion Market Failure
Women-led startups generate more than twice the revenue per dollar invested than others, yet receive only 2% of venture capital funding and less than 1% of corporate procurement, despite driving 70-80% of consumer spending; achieving gender parity in investment could increase global GDP by $5 trilli...
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36% Bias Score
UK Venture Capital Bias Against Black Founders Persists
Ayesha Ofori, founder of the female-focused financial investment platform Propelle, faced numerous funding rejections, highlighting the systemic challenges Black women entrepreneurs face in securing venture capital in the UK, where Black founders received only 0.23% of funding in 2018, despite recor...
UK Venture Capital Bias Against Black Founders Persists
Ayesha Ofori, founder of the female-focused financial investment platform Propelle, faced numerous funding rejections, highlighting the systemic challenges Black women entrepreneurs face in securing venture capital in the UK, where Black founders received only 0.23% of funding in 2018, despite recor...
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48% Bias Score
Insufficient Climate Finance Hinders Global Action
This article analyzes the insufficient funding for international climate finance, highlighting the gap between promised and actual contributions and proposing various alternative funding mechanisms.
Insufficient Climate Finance Hinders Global Action
This article analyzes the insufficient funding for international climate finance, highlighting the gap between promised and actual contributions and proposing various alternative funding mechanisms.
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48% Bias Score
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