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UN Report Urges Immediate Global Action to Close Critical Gender Gaps
Investing in women and girls and ending discrimination are key to fulfilling the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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- Global
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Replacing Old Technologies or Creating New Markets?: The Pros and Cons of Two Paths to Impact for Productive Use of Energy
Productive use of energy (PUE) technologies have the potential to unlock higher incomes and reduce reliance on more costly, non-renewable energy sources in rural and low-income communities. Dan Waldron, Chris Emmott, Yash Vardhan Gaddhyan and Ruth Wairimu at Acumen discuss the advantages and disadvantages of two different paths to impact for PUE: replacing inefficient, fossil fuel-based incumbent technologies, vs. disrupting entire markets with innovative PUE approaches.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing, Technology, Transportation
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Press Release: DFC Announces $70 Million in New Investments in India to Advance Shared Priorities in Health Systems, Affordable Housing, and Small Business Support
The country is DFC’s largest market with approximately $3.8 billion invested as of FY2023, including $820 million in new investments made last year.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- housing, MSMEs, public health, vaccines
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Viewpoint: Starting With the State
Strategic philanthropy should go global and invest in good governance.
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- Investing
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- Global
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Goldman Stock-Picking Model Is Challenging ESG Assumptions
The filter model is designed to pick stocks based on how much attention companies pay to recycling, waste management and the re-use of materials and products.
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- Global
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- circular economy, ESG, recycling, waste
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Solving the Funding Challenges of Indian MSMEs: The Advantages of Founder-Friendly Non-Dilutive Financing
About 30% of India’s GDP is generated by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), which provide jobs for more than 110 million people and account for around 50% of the country’s exports. But as Bhavik Vasa at GetVantage points out, a drop in private equity and venture capital investments has led many of these entrepreneurs to shift towards more founder-friendly types of non-dilutive capital. He discusses the funding challenges facing Indian MSMEs, and why alternative forms of non-dilutive financing are uniquely suited to these businesses' needs.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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Ampersand Raises $2 Million to Accelerate East African Expansion
This funding round underscores a growing investor appetite for renewable energy and e-mobility in Africa.
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- Investing, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-mobility, startups
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Report: Impact Investing Could Entrench Inequality Without Better Monitoring
Several high-profile recent studies argue that impact investors frequently overstate the social outcomes their investments actually generate.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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