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Viewpoint: What Happened to the Microfinance Organization Kiva?
A group of strikers argue that the organization seems more focused on making money than creating change. Are they right?
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Report: International Youth Day: It’s Time to Empower Youth with Skills for the Future
This report outlines the concrete progress 10,000 young innovators, activists and entrepreneurs made over the year to deliver on projects.
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- Environment, Technology
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Press Release: Novata and GIIN Partner to Simplify Impact Metric Collection for Investors
This move enables fund managers to collect, manage and analyze standardized impact data from companies.
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- Investing, Technology
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Analysis: How the ‘Circular Economy’ Went from Environmentalist Dream to Marketing Buzzword
Can plastics be circular? At a recent conference, companies' answer was a resounding yes.
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- Environment
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Press Release: IFC’s Base of the Pyramid Platform Provides $1 Billion to Expand Access to Finance for Small Businesses
Projects under the BOP platform are expected to help client financial institutions grow their loan portfolios from 5.5 million to 7.9 million loans to MSMEs.
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Analysis: Emerging-Market Stocks Are Having a Moment as Growth Bets Return
It all points to evidence that local-currency bonds, which have been the standout trade in emerging markets this year, are now facing tougher competition from stocks.
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Viewpoint: For Emerging Markets, ESG Will Not Work Without Economic Growth
The climate crisis we face today is probably the most significant loss incurred by the "growth-at-any-cost" mindset that prevailed for so long.
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Rapyd’s $610 Million Deal for PayU Will Assist Its Global Expansion
When the acquisition completes, the newly combined business will be active in over 100 countries with more than 250,000 merchant clients.
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- Finance, Technology
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