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Press Release: Impact Investors With Social Enterprises: The European Social Innovation and Impact Fund Launches After a Successful First Closing
It is more important than ever before to support the ramp-up of social innovation and boost investments into early-stage social enterprises. The European Social Innovation and Impact Fund (ESIIF) will immediately strengthen impact investing in the European Union, helping to ensure that outstanding impact business models are poised to scale sustainably.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Global Trade in Food and Agricultural Products More Than Doubles in Last Two Decades
Trade and markets can spur sustainable development and strengthen resilience to shocks
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- Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Finance
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Marqeta Helps UK SMB Credit Lender Expand Into Spain
Card issuer Marqeta has been helping U.K.-based Capital on Tap to expand its small business credit lending services to Spain, a press release says.
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- Finance
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Preventing an Emerging-Market Meltdown
Emerging markets today account for more than two-fifths of global GDP measured at market exchange rates, and nearly three-fifths after adjusting for differences in purchasing power. If these economies crash, then rich-country citizens will also be the victims of an economic catastrophe long foretold and clearly avoidable.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Europe Wants Tech to Be Force for Good. Who Cares?
Climate change, social media topped the DLD conference agenda, but the tech is controlled by the U.S. and China.
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- Technology
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Viewpoint: Europe Needs Its Own Development Bank
The European Union needs a development bank so that it can strengthen its capacity to respond to global and regional challenges – above all, to risks and opportunities in Africa. At a time of increasing uncertainty, growing international threats, and fundamental challenges to multilateralism, solid institutions are needed more than ever.
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- Finance
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Concordia Vows to Divest From Fossil Fuels, Invest in Sustainable Funds
Concordia University is pledging to withdraw all its investments in the coal, oil and gas industries within five years, making it only the third university in Canada to divest from the fossil fuel sector.
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- Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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France, Netherlands, Uk Commit US$350m to Emerging Solar and Storage
A handful of European states have moved to bankroll various World Bank clean energy initiatives, with US$100 million of French and Dutch money set to back PV in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Energy
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- Europe & Eurasia
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