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New Analysis Points the Way Toward the Most Effective Impact Investments and a Need for Better Data
"With impact investment assets under management approaching $1.6 trillion, the industry needs to build better analytical methods to make the most of every penny. A new approach from the Global Impact Investing Network may show a way forward, but the need remains for more, better, and more widely shared data."
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- Investing
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- Global
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- data, impact investing
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Interview: Why 2025 Could Be the Year of the Electric Vehicle in Developing Countries
This is an interview with De Jong, who leads a landmark UNEP effort that is helping some 60-plus developing countries speed their transition to electric vehicles (EVs).
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- Transportation
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- Global
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Analysis: A Bridge to Better Healthcare: How Digital Inclusion Is Rewriting Healthcare and Saving Lives
Many people, particularly those living in rural and remote regions, experience considerable difficulties accessing timely and high-quality care.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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Data Centres Will Use Twice as Much Energy by 2030 — Driven by AI
Data centres accounted for roughly 1.5% of global electricity consumption in 2024.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global
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Analysis: The Low-Hanging Opportunities for Maternal and Newborn Health
"As WHO calls for a "worldwide reinvigoration of efforts to ensure access to high quality care for women and babies," we face a sobering reality: despite knowing what works, critical implementation gaps prevent life-saving interventions from reaching mothers and babies who need them most."
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- Health Care
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- Global
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Press Release: Rockefeller Foundation Commits US $100 Million to Serve 100 Million Children Nutritious School Meals
5-year effort announced at Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Paris summit to expand support to more than a dozen countries worldwide and in the United States.
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- Agriculture
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- Global
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Analysis: Are Accelerators on Borrowed Time?
The top-down and bottom-up pressures are only building on an accelerator model that for years now has been driving in neutral rather than innovating as its portfolio companies are told to strive for.
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- Investing
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- Global
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Analysis: AI’s Promise: A New Era for Financial Inclusion
Leveraged properly, this AI revolution holds immense promise for financial inclusion.
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- Finance
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- Global
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