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Analysis: True Success at COP27 Means Addressing Climate Justice — Here’s How to Do It
Empowering marginalized people and communities and improving their resilience will improve overall climate resilience and bolster all climate action.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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CreditAccess Grameen Raises $35 Million ESG Loan From US International Development Finance Corp in India
The direct loan, CreditAccess said, is one of the first of its kind for DFC to a non-banking financial company microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI) in India.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Corporates Can Bring Value to the Sanitation Ecosystem by Partnering With SMEs in India
As the sanitation economy is expected to grow significantly in India, the ecosystem requires more support, participation, and investments from corporations.
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- WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- corporations, global development, MSMEs, NGOs, sanitation, SDGs
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Press Release: IFC and Spain Renew Partnership to Boost Private Sector Development in Latin America and Africa
Spain's support will bolster IFC's efforts to help create markets and jobs and fuel economic recovery in the two regions.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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Rockefeller, Gates, OSF Launch Fund to Spur Multilateral Development Bank Lending to Low- and Middle-Income Countries
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Rockefeller Foundation launched a new $5 million grant fund to spur reforms in multilateral development banks.
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- Investing
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- Global
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8B Education Investments Launches $111 Million Initiative to Finance African Student Education
8B Education Investments announced a partnership with Nelnet Bank to originate $30 million of loans over three years.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa’s Venture Funding to Hit $7 Billion in 2022
If the continent continues to defy the global harsh microeconomics till the end of this year, it might end up closing the year at $7 billion.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Goal of Ending Extreme Poverty by 2030 Out of Reach, World Bank Report Says
Effects of COVID pandemic and war in Ukraine make it unlikely for the world to eradicate extreme poverty by decade’s end, World Bank says.
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- Global
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- global development, SDGs
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