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						Report: How Green Bond Labelling Impacts Investment Behaviour"Green bonds are an important sustainable finance tool that can help reorient financial flows and influence public policy in addressing climate action across the global financial markets." - Categories
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						Ethiopian Securities Exchange, FSD Africa, and FSD Ethiopia Partner to Strengthen Capital MarketsFollowing the successful launch of ESX, this partnership will establish a framework between the three organizations to pool in their resources and efforts towards targeted market development activities. - Categories
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
 
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						U.S. Government Campaign Against ESG Hits Emerging Market Green BondsThe backlash in the US on climate issues is hitting the ability of many emerging markets to raise funds for environmental projects. - Categories
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- data, ESG, global development, impact bonds
 
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						IFC and IDB Invest Forge Partnership with Itaú Unibanco to Issue First Bond with a Focus in Biodiversity and Social Initiatives in BrazilThis marks Itaú's first bond with a focus on biodiversity, aimed at increasing access to credit for green projects. - Categories
- Environment, Investing
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- Latin America
 
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						IFC And ALCB Back West Africa’s First Gender Bond To Boost Women EntrepreneursThe bond aims to address Côte d’Ivoire's significant credit gap for female entrepreneurs by channelling much-needed capital to nearly 1,200 women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (WMSMEs). - Categories
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
 
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						Standard Chartered Issues Inaugural €1 Billion Social BondStandard Chartered has issued its first-ever social bond. The €1bn instrument is aimed at supporting sustainable development of low-income countries across its portfolio of emerging markets. - Categories
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- Global
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- food security, impact bonds, infrastructure, MSMEs, SDGs
 
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						Goldman Sachs AM Launches First Biodiversity Bond Fund, Targeting Up to $500 MillionGoldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) is launching its first biodiversity-focused bond fund, offering fixed-income investors a way to support nature conservation. - Categories
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						Analysis: As USAID Is Crushed, There Are Prospects—But Major Limits—For Private-Sector Action"Still, attracting private capital may now be an essential lifeline for many organizations looking to keep the lights on and their critical work humming. The context is complex." - Categories
- Environment, Health Care
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- Global