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Press release: MicroVest Announces Investment in Pakistan’s Kashf Foundation
The investment furthers MicroVest’s commitment to make financial inclusion a reality in
emerging economies through impact investing.- Categories
- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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It’s ‘Shark Tank’ For Global Health Inventions
The ten participants showcased a variety of innovations, each in different stages of development: medical devices that can work without electricity, new ways to administer medications and high-tech strategies to give women timely medical advice.
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- Health Care
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Press release: Australia, UNDP, PhilDev launch mentorship for Filipino social enterprises
UNDP Philippines Country Director Titon Mitra said the partnership "will support some of the most innovative Filipino social enterprises in their early stage of business development to become sufficiently ‘bankable’ so that they can attract funding from impact investors."
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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China, US are not the only nations that support overseas development
Despite Beijing’s and Washington’s massive investment plans for Asia, they are not the first to support socioeconomic development programmes in the region or elsewhere.
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- Asia Pacific
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New Guidance for Companies to Report Their Impact on the Sustainable Development Goals
“Effective corporate reporting is key to building trust and aligning investment through transparency and accountability. This guide helps businesses move beyond the current trend of simply mapping activities and programs against the SDGs to driving change,” says Tim Mohin, Chief Executive at GRI.
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Village Enterprise Closes Investment for First Development Impact Bond for Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa
"This DIB, which pays Village Enterprise for improvements in income levels of extreme poor households, is remarkable because of the ambitious outcomes it incentivizes…. We also hope to generate important lessons on how to effectively commission, adapt and scale promising poverty alleviation programs"
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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First Israel-India projects get green light from joint $40 million tech fund
Affordable eye-surgery devices and energy, water and cellular phone projects are those chosen to receive grants from the fund, seen as a gateway for Israelis to Indian market.
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- Technology
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World’s Biggest Toilet-Building Spree Is Under Way in India
The scale-up of latrines and a nationwide campaign to encourage their use is driving a market for toilet-related products and services that’s predicted to double to $62 billion by 2021.
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- WASH
- Region
- South Asia