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Press Release: Roots of Impact Raises Impact-Linked Finance to Grow the Pie and Help Others Enter the Market
With this fresh capital injection, Roots of Impact will build the enabling infrastructure to scale Impact-Linked Finance and support other practitioners to enter this promising field.
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- Finance
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- Global
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- impact investing, innovation, scale
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Press Release: World’s Largest Gender-Lens Fund Starts Operating with New Investment Strategy
The new strategy focuses on strengthening the provision of gender-smart and responsible financial services concentrating on underserved women as well as women-owned and women-led businesses in developing markets.
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- Investing
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- Global
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Ethiopia and Global Fund Launch New Grants to Accelerate Progress Against HIV, TB and Malaria; Strengthen Health Systems
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) and the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia have launched the implementation of three new grants worth over US$441 million.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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- public health
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Research Reveals Coffee Industry’s Economic Model Is Not Viable for All
New research commissioned by the Global Coffee Platform, IDH and Solidaridad finds that though there is enough value for everyone to make a profit in the coffee supply chain, this profit rarely reaches farmers.
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- Agriculture
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- Global
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Loughborough-Led Climate Programme Receives £57 Million Funding Boost
A Loughborough University led climate programme will continue to carry out “transformative” work until 2030 – after receiving a £57m boost from the UK government.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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- climate change
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Downforce Technologies Secures $4.2 Million to Scale Revolutionary Soil Organic Carbon Measurement Tech
Downforce’s groundbreaking natural capital analytics technology leverages cutting-edge science, modelling and remote sensing.
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- Environment, Technology
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- Global
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TymeBank Chases $150 Million Funding in Unicorn Run Up
Funds from the raise will fuel expansion into new markets, particularly Indonesia, by year-end, following entries into Vietnam and the Philippines.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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IDF and AFD Group Form IDRIMA to Enhance Climate Resilience
Signed at the IDF Summit 2024, IDRIMA seeks to embed risk management into financial strategies for sovereigns and utilities vulnerable to climate disasters.
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- Environment, Finance
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- Global
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