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Global Trade in Food and Agricultural Products More Than Doubles in Last Two Decades
Trade and markets can spur sustainable development and strengthen resilience to shocks
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- Agriculture, Finance
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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Press Release: MetLife To Reduce Emissions by 30 Percent and Originate $20 Billion of New Green Investments by 2030
Over the next 10 years, MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) has committed to reduce its location-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30 percent from 2019 levels, originate U.S. $20 billion in new MetLife Investment Management (MIM)–managed green investments1, and allocate U.S. $5 million to develop products and partnerships that drive climate solutions.
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- Environment, Investing
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Analysis: Global GDP Could Rise by 3% if Gender Disparity Gap Is Closed
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) estimates that approximately 80% of women-owned businesses with credit needs in low-income countries are either unserved or underserved.
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- Finance
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Analysis: How Polio Eradication in Africa Can Inform the Global COVID-19 Response
The global health community recently celebrated the eradication of wild poliovirus from the African continent.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report Indicates 70% of Nigerian Startups Face Funding Challenges
A white paper, titled “Protecting Nigeria’s Entrepreneurial Future” has revealed that 70% of Nigerian startups and scaleups are facing funding challenges due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: X4Impact, a Market Intelligence Platform for Social Innovation, Announced U.S. Launch During the 2020 Un General Assembly
As we enter a post-COVID-19 recovery phase, the free-access platform aims to spark the creation and funding of technologies to address our most urgent social issues mapped to UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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- global development, SDGs
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Press Release: DFC Approves $3.6 Billion of New Investments in Global Development in Largest Quarter Ever
An additional 30 investments totaling more than $1 billion were approved by the agency since its last quarterly Board meeting in June, bringing total investments approved over the quarter to more than $3.6 billion.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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