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Changing the Profitability Paradigm: A Key Report Aims to Rally Global Investors Behind a Sustainable Approach to Finance
As the global economy struggles to navigate financial crises and address shared challenges like climate change, Lucas Magnani at Convergences argues that the need to transform the profit-centric approach of traditional finance is increasingly urgent. He shares insights from Convergences' latest Impact Finance Barometer report, highlighting several ways that impact investors and others are working to put profitability and positive impact on equal footing — and some key areas where more progress is needed.
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- Investing
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A First Step Toward a Global Price on Carbon
A tax on ship emissions could have an impact on almost everything we buy.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: The Fight to Save the SDG Indicator for Foundational Learners
The race is on to save a key SDG education indicator measuring foundational learning that could be dropped due to a lack of data. Debate flares over inclusion criteria, cautioning against perfectionism at the expense of progress.
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- Education
- Region
- Global
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Private Sector Engagement: The Missing Ingredient in Pandemic and Epidemic Preparedness and Response Plans
At the World Health Assembly's annual meeting in May, delegates will discuss and agree upon a plan to respond to future pandemics. In advance of this crucial meeting, Frida Njogu-Ndongwe and Emily Coppel at IDinsight argue that COVID-19 and other disease outbreaks have highlighted a clear need for the private sector to help finance and implement emergency response plans for future epidemics and pandemics. They explain how engaging the private sector in these plans can enable timely, broad-reaching action that could prevent — or minimize the impact of — future outbreaks.
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- Health Care, Investing
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Opinion: Access to Clean Water—Confronting a Deadly Inequity
Despite the urgent need, funding for programs that help provide safe water and sanitation to at-risk communities is severely short.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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How Can the Financial Inclusion Sector Serve the World’s Growing Number of Refugees and Forcibly Displaced People?
There were over 108 million people worldwide estimated to be forcibly displaced as of 2022. Sam Mendelson, Fernando Naranjo Galindo and Daniel Rozas at e-MFP argue that the financial inclusion sector can and should play an important role in addressing the challenges of forced displacement. They explore how financial service providers and other stakeholders can better serve these communities, and announce the launch of the European Microfinance Award 2024, which will focus on “Advancing Financial Inclusion for Refugees & Forcibly Displaced People.”
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- Finance
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Press Release: Sarah Malm Announced as New Executive Director of GOGLA, the Global Association for the Off-Grid Solar Energy Industry
GOGLA represents companies, investors, and development actors working to build sustainable markets for off-grid solar technologies.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The African Development Finance Fund Grants $46 Million to Finance Water and Sanitation in Borana, Ethiopia
According to the ADF, this funding will enable the construction and optimisation of water production and transport systems in the region.
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- Technology, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa