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IDB-UNDP report identifies steps to leverage Islamic finance for impact investing
Given that impact investment is growing rapidly and has become an important source of funding the SDGs, a blending with Islamic finance provides a formable partnership that could play a significant role in achieving the SDGs.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North Africa & Near East
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How Big-Donor Philanthropists Can Get Results
According to The Bridgespan Group, a Boston-based consultancy for philanthropists, only 20% of philanthropic commitments of $10 million or higher go to organizations or initiatives making a social change—such as improving public health, the justice system, the environment, or international development.
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- Investing
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Press Release: MicroVest Capital Management Passes $1 Billion Disbursement Mark
“We are very excited to have crossed the $1 billion threshold, something we feel clearly exemplifies the successful and sustainable character of our business. I would like to thank all our investors, partners, dedicated employees and Board Members that supported us throughout this journey, without whom it would have not been possible.” says Gil Crawford, CEO of MicroVest Capital Management, LLC.
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- Uncategorized
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Guarantees Transforming Impact-Investing Finance
“Guarantees are underutilized in impact investing, and hence there’s great potential for scaling their use,” says Abhilash Mudaliar, director of research at the GIIN.
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- Investing
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Sisu Global Health wins $25,000 at GE-backed competition
CEO Carolyn Yarina states that funding received from competition will provide crucial resources for commercialization of new blood recycling device.
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- Health Care, Technology
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African governments set to stare down a healthy PATH
While several African countries have invested in a growing pipeline of high-impact, cost-effective innovations for healthcare, the innovations were largely reliant on foreign investments, according to Craig Friderichs, a country director of international health NGO PATH.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Healthcare innovation will cure a lot of Africa’s economic woes
Additional investments in science, technology, and innovation in Africa will improve health, spur economic growth, and reduce poverty across the continent. This was the common denominator at a meeting of African and global leaders representing governments, the private sector, and civil society to discuss health innovation and research capacity on the continent.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Calvert Foundation Announces Capital Aggregation Investment Business
Calvert Foundation today announced a new business line, Capital Aggregation, which expands Calvert Foundation's existing services to more actively aggregate and facilitate capital to meet the evolving needs of the communities they serve.
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- Investing