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Press Release: G7 Development Finance Institutions Set New Goal of $15 Billion for Gender Lens Investment Through ‘2X Challenge: Financing for Women’ Initiative
The Japan International Cooperation Agency made a joint announcement setting a new goal of $15 billion to be mobilized over the next two years as a new phase of an initiative called “The G7 2X Challenge: Financing for Women” with development finance institutions aiming to unlock resources that will help advance women as entrepreneurs, as business leaders, as employees, and as consumers.
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Backing Grows for New IMF COVID and Climate Fund
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva this month proposed the new trust to allow rich countries to channel some of their new IMF reserves to poor and middle-income counterparts ravaged by COVID or climate change.
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- Coronavirus, Environment
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Analysis: Poorer Nations Bear Brunt of Global Development Fund Dry Up: UN
The World Investment Report 2021 (PDF) found that the coronavirus pandemic rolled back progress made in ensuring that least developed countries and those with weaker economies have access to foreign investment funds.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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Viewpoint: How Bitcoin Improves Financial Access and Inclusion
Bitcoin is, for many, the first opportunity to store wealth in a safe and secure manner, without outside manipulation, while facilitating financial inclusion.
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Airbnb.org Launches $25 Million Fund to Support Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Airbnb.org announces Refugee Fund, a fundraising initiative to expand Airbnb.org’s support of refugees and asylum seekers worldwide.
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IKEA, Rockefeller Foundations Partner over $1 Billion Global Platform to Fight Climate Change
The IKEA Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation have partnered to form a $1 billion global platform to fight climate change.
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Press Release: Strengthening Resilience and Ending Vulnerability in Small Island Developing States
The Joint SDG Fund announces a call for proposals focusing on strengthening resilience and ending the vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to accelerate the SDGs.
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- Coronavirus, Environment
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Global Impact Announces $65.3 Million Raised for COVID-19 Relief
Global Impact, a leader in growing global philanthropy, today announced a total of $65.3 million in charitable giving for international COVID-19 relief.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- philanthropy, vaccines