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Press Release: G7 Development Finance Institutions Set New Goal of $15 Billion for Gender Lens Investment Through ‘2X Challenge: Financing for Women’ Initiative
The Japan International Cooperation Agency made a joint announcement setting a new goal of $15 billion to be mobilized over the next two years as a new phase of an initiative called “The G7 2X Challenge: Financing for Women” with development finance institutions aiming to unlock resources that will help advance women as entrepreneurs, as business leaders, as employees, and as consumers.
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- Global
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Boomitra Raises $4 Million from Yara Growth Ventures
Boomitra is working on accelerating carbon removal from the atmosphere on a global scale, through agricultural soils.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- North America
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Analysis: Poorer Nations Bear Brunt of Global Development Fund Dry Up: UN
The World Investment Report 2021 (PDF) found that the coronavirus pandemic rolled back progress made in ensuring that least developed countries and those with weaker economies have access to foreign investment funds.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Global
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- global development, SDGs
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Press Release: Tiedemann Advisors Hires Jed Emerson to Lead Global Impact Investing Practice
Tiedemann Advisors, one of the largest independent investment and wealth advisors for high-net-worth families, trusts, foundations and endowments, announced today that Jed Emerson has joined the firm as a Managing Director and Global Lead of Impact Investing.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tetra Tech Buys International Development Consultancy Kaizen
Tetra Tech, a Pasadena, California-based engineering and consulting firm, has acquired The Kaizen Company, a Washington, DC-based management consulting firm specializing in international development.
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- Technology
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- North Africa & Near East
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Analysis: Rising Debt in Emerging Markets Could Push Back COVID Recovery and Widen Gap With Developed World
Swelling debt levels may cause emerging markets to fall further behind developed markets in the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, an economist said Monday.
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- Coronavirus
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Why Hand Hygiene Is the Perennial Third Wheel of WASH – and How It Can (Finally) Become a Global Development Priority
There has long been an imbalance in the global WASH sector, with water and sanitation prioritized far more than hygiene. As Geoff Revell at HappyTap explains, this lack of emphasis extends to both money and mentality – even as the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the crucial importance of handwashing and other hygiene measures. He shares three options that could improve the prospects for hygiene initiatives in developing communities — and explains why the best option might be the least flashy.
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- Coronavirus, WASH
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- COVID-19, global development, hygiene, water
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Annapurna Finance Mobilizes $30 Million in Equity From Nuveen Global Impact
"Nuveen’s expertise and funding will help us meet our expansion plans and we look forward to working with them to develop our climate initiatives,” Annapurna managing director Gobinda Chandra Pattnaik said.
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- Environment, Finance, Investing
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- Asia Pacific