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IFC Launches Landmark ESG Review for $4.5 Trillion Emerging Market Investments
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, has launched a wide-reaching review of its Sustainability Framework, the blueprint that governs trillions of dollars in private sector investments across emerging markets.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: The Data Crisis Following USAID’s Withdrawal: Opportunities to Reimagine Data Systems
Without investment in country data systems, there will be limited data to power AI solutions and drive the longer-term digital transformation of public services.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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ESG is Not Dead; The Deepest Forms of Sustainable Investing Are Thriving
Toniic’s latest T100 report shows remarkable shifts in impact capital deployment over the last ten years.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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IFC Invests ZAR 1 Billion in Balwin Properties to Support Quality Housing in South Africa
IFC’s investment is expected to promote job creation and economic growth through its impact on the local community and surrounding areas.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment, housing, supply chains
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Latin America-Based Corporate Travel Startup Onfly Raises $40 Million
"Onfly, founded in 2018, aims to streamline and digitize corporate travel and expense management . . . "
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- Investing
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- Latin America
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$40 Billion Africa Energy Fund to Boost Clean Cooking Access and Energy Transition
The fund focuses not only on expanding electrification but also on addressing the urgent need for clean cooking solutions.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Bank, AU Partner to Launch $300 Million Innovation Fund for Africa’s Tech Future
"The announcement of the innovation fund comes at a time when African countries are seeking sustainable ways to recover from the economic setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing global financial uncertainties."
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- Education, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New Analysis Points the Way Toward the Most Effective Impact Investments and a Need for Better Data
"With impact investment assets under management approaching $1.6 trillion, the industry needs to build better analytical methods to make the most of every penny. A new approach from the Global Impact Investing Network may show a way forward, but the need remains for more, better, and more widely shared data."
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- data, impact investing
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