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Press Release: DAI Acquires International Asset Management Firm, MicroVest
Acquisition in high-growth ESG/impact investing arena enhances DAI's ability to spur investment in emerging and frontier economies
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- Investing
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- Global
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Press Release: Datavault® Contracts With Agri-fintech Company Tingo To Deliver Data Revenue to Its 10 Million International Members
Partnership will focus on the continent of Africa and data monetization strategies within the farming, agriculture, and finance sectors.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India’s Farmers Confronted Modi and Won. What Happens Now?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi capitulated to massive, yearlong protests against three agricultural laws.
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- Agriculture
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- Asia Pacific
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Social Impact Capital Closes $42 Million To Invest in the ‘Best Ideas in Impact’
Woman-led social impact venture capital firm, which has already invested in two 'impact unicorns,' is supported by some of the most celebrated LPs in the industry
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- Investing
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- Global
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Avoiding the Great Divergence: How Community Investment Trusts Could Help Developing Countries Recover from COVID-19 and Achieve the SDGs
As the global economy gradually recovers from COVID-19, some fear the world is heading towards a “Great Divergence,” in which the recovery gathers momentum in richer countries while leaving developing countries behind. To avoid this outcome, emerging economies will need a surge of investment. To that end, Norman A. Bailey at The City University of New York and Alfred Watkins at the Global Solutions Summit explore why Community Investment Trusts provide an innovative model to finance pandemic recovery while building a foundation for sustainable growth.
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- Coronavirus, Investing, Social Enterprise
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Analysis: When Corporations and Social Enterprises Work Together, They Can Change the World
With the world reeling from the effects of COVID-19, climate change, and social inequality, and the risks of a global supply chain crisis mounting, business is feeling the pressure to set new commitments for operating in ways that respect human rights.
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- Coronavirus, Social Enterprise
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- Global
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Analysis: The Impact of COVID-19 on Black Farmers in South Africa
It is estimated that just 7,000 farmers (almost all white) account for over 80% of the value of agricultural production, while around 2 million black households are involved in agriculture on small pieces of land without access to markets.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Unprecedented Research Shows How Corporate Procurement Can Drive Social Impact
Acumen, with the support of IKEA Social Entrepreneurship and partners, launched a report with new survey data demonstrating how social enterprises bring inclusion, sustainability, and social impact into corporate value chains.
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- Social Enterprise
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- Global
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