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WHO Launches First Investment Round, Asking for $11 Billion
This is a new approach for the world’s leading public health agency. It's hoping to bring in funding that is flexible and predictable.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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- public health
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Analysis: Big Bets for the Long Haul
How to help big bet philanthropy lead to even bigger social change down the road.
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- Investing
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- Global
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Report: Poor Countries Need $1.4 Trillion Annually for Universal Social Protection: ILO
Over half of GDP needed for social protection in low-income nations; essential health care tops funding needs.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Global
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- public health
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Nobel Winner Muhammad Yunus Brings ‘Social Business’ Mantra to Olympics
Nobel Winner Muhammad Yunus' role in Paris as an advisor and ambassador for socially responsible business is a departure from his usual work.
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- Social Enterprise
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Analysis: The White House Is Fueling the Carbon Offset Market Without Fixing It
The White House issued a full-throated endorsement of carbon offset credits on Tuesday, laying out guidelines that are meant to calm anxieties about “greenwashing” and encourage companies to invest more heavily in a controversial climate solution.
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- Environment, Investing
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Analysis: Global South Pays More to Service Its Debt Than It Receives in Development Aid
In 2022, the countries of the Global South paid almost $50 billion more in debt than they received in new financing, according to data from the UN’s trade and development arm.
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- Finance
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- Global
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- global development, NGOs
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Viewpoint: The End of Greenwashing Is Now Within Sight
For markets to work well, they must be transparent, trusted and standardized — three qualities that have largely eluded the market for carbon credits. But change is coming.
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- Environment, Investing
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Viewpoint: Support for the Anti-ESG Movement Is Dwindling, But Uncertainty Looms Ahead of Election Day
Business leaders who advocate for ESG should not depend on another Joe Biden administration to support them after Election Day. One way or another, it may not exist.
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- Global