Ouk Sovandane, 19, is a sophomore majoring in banking at the Regional Polytechnic Techo Sen Institute, located in Sangkat Kraing Ampil, in Cambodia’s Kampot province. Growing up, Sovandane...
Since 2015, Pact has worked in the Democratic Republic of Congo to eliminate and address child labour in Artisanal Small-scale Mining (ASM), which is one of the worst forms of child labour....
Mining.com's Amanda Stutt takes a deep-dive into the 2020 State of the Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM) Sector report that higlighted working conditions, health, safety...
The link between healthcare and energy is garnering more attention due to both the COVID-19 pandemic and a continuing decline in distributed energy prices. Pact and a team of researchers...
Over the last decade, Nepalis embarked on a historic transition that aims to alter the fundamental structures of government. As many remain hopeful for more responsive governance in the new...
For 50 years, Pact has been working to tackle poverty and marginalization around the world, and partners are critical to this mission. We pride ourselves on ensuring that there's a...
For 50 years, Pact has been working to tackle poverty and marginalization around the world, and partners are critical to fulfilling this mission. We pride ourselves on ensuring that...
Despite the government’s deliberate initiatives to reach more people, Tanzania lags behind in its grid electricity connection targets. Only 24.5% of rural...
Tess McClure with The Guardian examines why switching to synthetic gems may have environmental upsides, but could harm the same communities that consumers worry about. She quotes Pact's...
This joint opinion piece by Pact and the World Bank explores the collective responsibility to ensure that the world’s hidden mining workforce, supplying the materials we use in our daily...