Social Innovation for the Sustainability

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Impact of microfinance on the SDGs in Ecuador. The case of Banco Solidario

Adrián Blanco Estévez, Teresa Sánchez Chaparro, Julia Urquijo Reguera

Financial inclusion has the potential to make an important contribution to reducing poverty and inequality. However, there are still more than 1.7 billion people in the world without access to these services. 

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HUMANITARIAN TECHNOLOGY AS CATALYST FACTOR FOR A RENEWED ARCHITECTURE IN SPAIN’S FOREIGN POLICY: 2030 HORIZON

Raquel Esther Jorge Ricart

International order and multilateralism open up new pathways to the ongoing adaptation of the Spain’s foreign policy scheme. The 2030 Agenda appears to be a horizon to be fulfilled by traditional and new challenges. Building upon this, humanitarian technology is gaining terrain and relevance at the international forum. Its impact is bare for the entire foreign policy’s approach: from planning and preparedness, to implementation and performance evaluation. However, humanitarian technology has long been overlooked from this perspective.