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Blue Earth Announces $113 Million First Close of Private Credit Fund
The fund offers investors an evergreen structure with a global approach aimed at solving environmental and social impacts that are aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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World Bank Board Approves $47.7 Million to Improve the Public Sector in the First Result-Based Financing Program
The PAMP PforR aims to monitor progress in optimizing public revenue and financial reporting.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Arab African International Bank, IFC, EBRD, and BII Launch US$500 Million Sustainability Bond to Support Climate Finance and Boost Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises
The sustainability bond is the first in Egypt - and the largest issued by a private bank in Africa - and will support green and sustainable projects in Egypt.
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- Investing
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- North Africa & Near East
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Catalytic Climate Finance Facility Awards USD 2 Million to New Cohort of Blended Finance Vehicles
The CC Facility will grant the selected five grantees USD 2 million to test, structure, launch, and expand solutions.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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- Global
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International Pathogen Surveillance Network Announces First Recipients of Grants to Better Understand Disease Threats
The catalytic grant fund was established by the International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN) to support partners from low- and middle-income countries to build their capacities in pathogen genomic analysis.
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- Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Global
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LeapFrog Investments: $1.15 Billion Fourth Fund Closed
The funding includes $808 million of primary fund commitments and up to $210 million of pre-allocated co-investment to accelerate high-impact healthcare and financial services companies in global growth markets.
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- Investing
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- Global
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Press Release: IFC Issues 700 Million Australian Dollar Green Kangaroo Bond to Promote Biodiversity in Emerging Markets
The proceeds of this bond will support biodiversity initiatives, such as the BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group’s Latin American reforestation strategy.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Subsidy and Synergy: How Philanthropy Can Complement Impact Investing More Effectively
The original goal of impact investing was to build out the funding spectrum between philanthropy and commercial investment. But according to Asad Mahmood at SIMA and Nanno Kleiterp, the arrival of private equity firms — promising scale and market-rate financial returns — has pulled all the sector's energy toward the commercial end of the spectrum. They explore the key role philanthropic subsidy has played in the development of emerging markets business, clarify some misconceptions about its role in impact investing, and propose some ways philanthropists and impact investors can better align their efforts.
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- Energy, Finance, Investing, Social Enterprise
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