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Press Release: Resolution Project and Enactus Global Combine to Create a Global Leader in Youth Social Entrepreneurship
The combined offerings of Resolution and Enactus Global create a comprehensive suite of services designed to support undergraduates in everything from initial social enterprise concepts to scaling and investment.
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- Social Enterprise
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- Global
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- innovation, nonprofits, scale, skill development, youth
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Pasteur Network Launches Pioneering Project at World Health Summit To Tackle Health Impacts of Climate Change
The Institute of Philanthropy and Rockefeller Foundation commit US$5 million to advance project and empower local researchers, governments, and communities in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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World Bank: Poorest Countries Facing Worst Debt Since 2006
The 26 poorest nations in the world are more heavily in debt than any time in the last 18 years, according to a new report. Climate change and conflict are major drivers of poverty in the affected countries.
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- Finance
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- Global
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UNICEF Seeks $165 Million for Therapeutic Food to Combat ‘Silent Killer’
Nearly two million children suffering from severe wasting are at risk of death due to funding shortages for life-saving Ready-to-use-Therapeutic-Food (RUTF) to treat the condition, which is the most dangerous form of malnutrition.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Global
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Press Release: Sistema.bio Secures $15 Million in Additional Financing to Accelerate Global Expansion
Sistema.bio, a global leader in biogas technology, announces it has secured a package of US $15 million in financing to fuel its global growth.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing
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- Global
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Indian Tycoon Ratan Tata Dies Aged 86
In a statement announcing Tata's death, the current chairman of Tata Sons described him as a "truly uncommon leader".
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- Global
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Viewpoint: We Need a New Global Measure for Poverty
To keep us moving in the right direction, we have to make global poverty more visible by finding a better way to measure it.
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2X Certification Launches to Assess and Recognise Gender Inclusion in Investments
The new certification programme is focused on evaluating and recognising investors, companies and financial instruments that are working towards greater gender inclusion.
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- Investing
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- Global
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