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Socially responsible investing in the Global South should respond to local needs rather than investors’ egos. (Shutterstock)

November 26, 2023

Responsible ESG investing in the Global South requires overcoming the Global North’s saviour complex

F. Haider Alvi, Athabasca University

Ensuring that ego and prestige of the Global North does not get in the way of on-the-ground results in the Global South will be the key to effective social impact investing in the years to come.

How do we capitalize on COVID-19 initiated change to build better education systems for the future? (Chris Montgomery/Unsplash)

May 3, 2022

4 lessons from online learning that should stick after the pandemic

F. Haider Alvi, Athabasca University; Deborah Hurst, Athabasca University; Janice Thomas, Athabasca University, and Martha Cleveland-Innes, Athabasca University

The question for all educators should be: How do we capitalize on COVID-19 initiated change to build better education systems for the future?

The acting foreign minister in Afghanistan’s Taliban-run cabinet, Amir Khan Muttaqi attends a session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Council of Foreign Ministers, in Islamabad, Pakistan, in December 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

January 9, 2022

The U.S. failed in Afghanistan by trying to moralize with bullets and bombs

F. Haider Alvi, Athabasca University

To prosper after the legacy of imperialism and colonization, Afghanistan needs partnerships and business investment, not bullets and bombs.

Birds fly over a man taking photos of the exposed riverbed of the Old Parana River, a tributary of the Parana River during a drought in Rosario, Argentina, in July 2021. The Global South is being hit hard by climate change, but could business help turn the tide? (AP Photo/Victor Caivano)

November 28, 2021

How global business could be the unexpected COP26 solution to climate change

F. Haider Alvi, Athabasca University

The goal of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, or GFANZ, is to bring together the financial sector to accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy. Here’s why it might actually work.

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