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How Blockchain Could Transform The Way International Aid Is Distributed
A new digital-payment platform from the United Nations’ World Food Programme is bringing efficiency and stability to refugee camps.
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- Agriculture, Inclusive Fintech
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Is India’s Demonetization a Failure?
Data released by the Reserve Bank of India indicates that demonetization has failed to flush out black money.
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- Inclusive Fintech
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- South Asia
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- demonitization, India
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Shortlist Raises $1 Million in Seed Funding to Help Employers Discover Untapped Talent Across Africa and India
Employment tech startup Shortlist today announced $1 million in seed funding from US-based private equity firm University Ventures, Indian angel investor Samir Shah of Sattva Capital, Kenya-based seed fund Zephyr Acorn, global impact investor FARM Ventures, and US- based investor Bodley Group.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Credit Suisse looks to make an impact with new investment wing
Credit Suisse has set up a new department to nurture socially conscious investing, the latest effort by a major bank to cater for growing demand for so-called impact investing.
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- Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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As Wealthy Millennials Take Control Of Family Fortunes, Impact Investing Is Set For A Big Boost
More than a quarter of ultra-net-worth “family offices” are now putting money into social and environmental areas–and that number is rising.
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- Investing
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Four New Issuers Join ImpactUs Marketplace
“These four organizations are now part of the growing number of mission-driven institutions realizing the power that technology, coupled with formal investment administration services, can have in reaching broadening their reach to current and prospective impact investors,” said Reginald Stanley, President and CEO of ImpactUs.
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- Technology
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- North America
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Dao Ventures Launches 2017 US-China Impact Venture Contest
Dao Ventures, a US-China impact investing consortium, has launched its 3rd annual US-China Entrepreneurship Competition that is considered the only impact-oriented venture contest across the Pacific. Dozens of U.S. and international impact ventures have received support from Dao Ventures over the past years via the Competition.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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IndusInd Bank secures $200 million loan from Asian Development Bank for microlending in India
The 7-year senior loan will go towards IndusInd Bank's micro-finance activities, it said in a statement.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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