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Analysis: Vaccines Given in Last 20 Years Could Prevent 50 Million Deaths in LMICs
New research, led by the Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium, including researchers at Imperial College London, assessed the impact of vaccination activities against 10 infectious diseases across 112 countries.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- Global
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- vaccines
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Emerging Markets: Infrastructure in a Post-COVID World
Despite the contraction of the global economy due to COVID-19, the “global logistics market has reached $5.2 trillion in 2020.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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- e-commerce
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BlackRock Raises $250 Million to Fund Climate Transition in Emerging Markets
BlackRock has raised $250 million which aims to help emerging market economies reduce carbon emissions.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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Pandemic Brings Highest Global Hunger Rate in 12 Years
Around 768 million people — more than population of Europe — were hungry in 2020, an increase of 118 million people since the arrival of the coronavirus.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Global
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Vortex Energy Achieves $200 Million First Close For Flagship Fund ‘Vortex Energy IV,’ Targets Investments in Global Energy Transition
Vortex Energy is launching Vortex Energy IV, a new fund to tap into the burgeoning global interest in Energy Transition
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- Global
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Analysis: BlackRock Boss Larry Fink Says Bad Climate Regulation Is Pushing the World Toward $100 Oil
BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive told global leaders the World Bank and International Monetary Fund are outdated and require a total overhaul to bring sustainability to the developing world.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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- Global
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- climate change
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BlackRock Secures USD $250 Million for Climate Infrastructure Finance Vehicle
BlackRock Inc has obtained over USD 250 million in commitments for the Climate Finance Partnership across emerging markets.
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- Energy, Environment
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Press Release: First Impact Investing Fellowship for Asset Owners and Managers in Asia and Africa
An Africa-Asia Fellowship was created to nurture capital managers and asset owners in becoming impact investing practitioners.
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- Investing
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- Global
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- impact investing
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