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What’s happening with crypto in Latin America?
After the death of the global commodity boom that bolstered emerging markets in Central and South America, the region slowed to a crawl. But despite economic troubles in Venezuela and Argentina, Latin America as a whole is on its way back. And the fintech sector is leading the charge.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- blockchain, cryptocurrency, fintech
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Viewpoint: CalPERS election earthquake should shake up responsible investment narrative
This argument is that the CalPERS Board is a captive of the staff, which itself is in turn a captive of favored investment consultants and asset managers. Given large union support for Mathur, the Naked Capitalism headline partially read, “Repudiation of Captured Board and Labor Leaders.”
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- Investing
- Region
- North America
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- ESG, impact investing, public policy
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Report: Impact Investing in Latin America Remains Robust
The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) and LAVCA - The Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America reveal a growing industry marked by more refined investment strategies.
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- Press release
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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- impact investing, microfinance, SDGs
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Could this be the start of the end of world poverty?
There have been extraordinary achievements over the past 15 years on many fronts. Extreme poverty has fallen dramatically and child deaths have halved. Yet the pace of global poverty reduction is slowing and the number of extreme poor in Africa is still rising.
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BUILD Act passage signals new era for U.S. development finance
Using blended finance, the Federal government will look to attract impact investors and other private capital to projects that advance development and diplomatic goals.
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- Investing
- Region
- North America
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Brazil’s Nubank is now worth $4 billion after Tencent’s $180 million investment
Through the investment, Tencent will gain an understanding of how Nubank has managed to service 5 million credit card holders, and the game plan the company is deploying to develop its own savings accounts and other banking services.
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- Finance
- Region
- Latin America
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Twice as many African presidents made it to China’s Africa summit than to the UN general assembly
A Quartz analysis of the African principals who spoke at the general debate using the country list published by the UN shows fewer African presidents attended the general assembly in New York than were at the third summit of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation that took place in Beijing two weeks earlier in September.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why Kenyan Borrowers Aren’t Scared of Defaulting on Mobile Loans
The majority of Kenyans borrowing loans from mobile phones do not believe they have to pay loans back, a situation that is troubling banks venturing in this lucrative but risky segment.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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