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Redefining America’s Interests? Trump’s FY2026 Budget Proposes Sweeping Cuts to US Foreign Aid
"If the proposed spending reductions were to come to fruition, they would translate to a dramatically smaller role for the US in the world. But a table near the end of the document suggests these cuts are only part of the story."
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: IFC Announces US $30 Million Investment in Fund Managed by Beel Infrastructure Partners to Enhance Mexico’s Infrastructure, Energy and Real Asset Sectors
"Through this investment, IFC aims to increase access to finance for infrastructure projects and support the deepening of capital markets by promoting an underdeveloped asset class in Mexico."
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- Environment
- Region
- Latin America
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Press Release: BII Invests $100 Million in ReNew to Boost India’s Solar Manufacturing Ecosystem
The investment supports the expansion of a resilient and self-reliant renewable energy supply chain in India.
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- Asia Pacific
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Banks in South Africa and Kenya Lead Africa in the Adoption and Reporting of Sustainable Finance Through Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Integration, Reveals WWF’s Inaugural Sustainable Banking Assessment for Africa Report 2025
"The assessment evaluated ESG integration in 25 banks across Cameroon, Gabon, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Zambia."
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Singapore’s Granite Asia Announces $250 Million First Anchor Close of Private Credit Strategy
"The fund focuses on secured loans across the Asia-Pacific region with a defensive risk profile, offering stable cash yields alongside enhanced returns through Granite Asia’s technology ecosystem and hands-on value creation."
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Analysis: Why South-East Asia Must Lead the Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases
"NTDs disproportionately affect the poorest communities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where they lock people in cycles of poverty by hindering physical and cognitive development, reducing school attendance and limiting economic productivity."
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- Health Care
- Region
- Latin America
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Half of Southeast Asian MSMEs Plan to Increase Their ESG Budgets by 2027: CIIP Report
The report makes five suggestions to raise ESG awareness and the adoption rate among MSMEs.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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- ESG, impact investing, MSMEs, research, supply chains
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Mobile Internet Gender Gap Narrows in Sub-Saharan Africa
"Sub-Saharan Africa showed “promising progress in closing mobile gender gaps,” the telecoms industry body GSMA wrote in the report seen by Semafor. . ."
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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