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Samunnati Raises $20 Million Direct Debt From U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has committed a $20mn direct loan to Samunnati Financial Intermediation & Services Pvt. Ltd., a non-banking financial company (NBFC) in India to help the company expand financing and technical assistance to low-income farmers and enterprises throughout the agricultural value chain in India.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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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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Press Release: New ANDE Report Provides Snapshot of the Latin American Impact Investing Sector
Impact Investing in Latin America: Trends 2018-2019 provides a snapshot of the impact investing sector in Latin America over the past two years, with particular focus on Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil.
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Vietnamese Farmers To Get Help From Bayer in Fight Against Saltwater-Drought, COVID-19
Around 80,000 smallholder farmers whose livelihoods and welfare have been severely impacted by COVID-19 will benefit from a global initiative by Bayer titled ‘Better Farms, Better Lives.’
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Environment, Investing
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- South Asia
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Sh37.5 Million (USD 350,000) Program Set To Boost Women Smallholder Dairy Farmers
At least 5,000 women smallholder dairy farmers from six counties in the country are set to benefit from a new partnership targeted at boosting their milk production, enhance income and ease the annual 2.2 billion litre shortage of dairy products in the country.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Greenlight Planet, Solar Pay-as-You-Go Market Leader, Secures $90 Million Investment
New Funding to Expand the Company’s Pay-As-You-Go Solar Financing Business, Backed by Leading Investors CDC Group, FMO, Norfund, and ARCH Emerging Markets Partner
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: 4 Ways Our COVID-19 Recovery Can Tackle Climate Change and Global Inequality
The COVID-19 crisis has shown how deep inequalities make society as a whole more vulnerable —providing important lessons for building resilience in an era of climate change.
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- Coronavirus, Environment, Investing
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Land To Lose: Coronavirus Compounds Debt Crisis in Cambodia
With the coronavirus pandemic ending Sreylon and her husband’s jobs in the tourism industry, the mother-of-two was at a loss as to how she would keep the lenders at bay, and clear a growing debt secured by the title to her family’s land.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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- South Asia
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