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PRESS RELEASE: OPIC awards seven clients Impact Awards for excellence in development
OPIC recognized seven clients for excellence in development at its May 19 Impact Awards. Clients were recognized for projects that bring electricity to remote villages in India, financial services to small businesses in the Middle East, affordable education to poor families in Sub-Saharan Africa and much more.
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World Bank Group President Pledges Up to $11 Billion in Support to Indonesia
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim pledged up to $11 billion in new financing in the next three to four years to Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world.
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- Asia Pacific
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Silicon Valley’s Clean Tech Investors Eyeing Sustainable Food, Experts Say
Food is becoming the epicenter of the growing responsible investment movement in the San Francisco Bay area's Silicon Valley, panelists said during the impact investing discussion at Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sustainable Food Institute last week.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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JPMorgan Chase says $34 million already committed to Detroit
One year after pledging to invest $100 million in Detroit over five years, JPMorgan Chase & Co. says $34 million has so far been committed in the Motor City.
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- Impact Assessment
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Cambridge University to Adopt Ethical Approach to Multibillion-Dollar Fund
One of the world’s oldest—and richest—universities has decided to adopt a more “ethical” approach to investing its multibillion-dollar endowment fund.
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- Education
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- Europe & Eurasia
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SOCAP15 Open is … OPEN: Pitch your own session at the conference – and vote for your favorites
Set for Oct. 6-9 at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center, the SOCAP15 conference is a full four and a half months away. But preparations for the event are already well underway, including the recently (re)launched SOCAP Open, in which would-be presenters are invited to propose topics for their own sessions at the upcoming conference, and the public can vote for their favorites.
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US to Coordinate Efforts, Mobilize Investment for Global Entrepreneurship
Think entrepreneurship is critical for global development? This week the U.S. government indicated it does too with the announcement of a new initiative aimed at coordinating its global entrepreneurship efforts and spurring additional investment.
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Report: Over One-Quarter of Investors Under 45 Have Significant Investments in Socially Responsible Companies
Millennials and Gen Xers are more comfortable with robo-advisors, and women are more risk averse, according to surveys of investors and financial advisors. Now comes another difference between these investors and others: They are more inclined toward socially responsible investing.
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