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Vice President Harris Announces Public-Private Partnership Has Generated More Than $4.2 Billion in Private Sector Commitments for Northern Central America
More than $950 million announced today will create economic opportunity in the region, help address root causes of migration.
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- Latin America
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Press Release: IFC and J.P. Morgan Lead $27 Million Investment Round in KLYM to Boost SMEs’ Growth in Latin America
KLYM, a data-driven fintech that focuses on providing working capital to small and midsize companies in Latin America, announced the closing of its Series B investment round for a total of US$27 million. The
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- Agriculture, Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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- data, fintech, impact investing, MSMEs
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Asian Development Bank and Cambodia Post Bank Sign $10 Million Loan to Support Recovery of MSMEs From Pandemic
The loan will expand access to finance, and at least 50% of the proceeds are marked to finance MSMEs led by women.
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- Finance, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Press Release: IFC and Itaú Partner in a Gender Bond to Support Women Entrepreneurship in Brazil
IFC subscribed $200 million in a gender bond to Itaú Unibanco to support the bank's lending program to women-owned small and medium enterprises in Brazil.
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- Investing
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- Latin America
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African Development Bank Approves $50 Million and Eur 50 Million Trade Finance Transaction Line of Credit for Ecowas Bank for Investment and Development (Ebid) To Enhance Food Security and Boost Agricultural Value Chains in the Region
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a dual-currency Trade Finance Line of Credit for ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID).
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Netherlands Commits $10 Million for UNCTAD’s Work on Digital Economy, Business and Investment Facilitation
The Netherlands’ support has so far strengthened digital business and investment facilitation in six countries in Africa and one each in Asia and Latin America.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Global
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We Asked Small Business Owners How Digitalization is Impacting Their Businesses: Here’s How They Responded
Digitalization has become the go-to strategy for improving the performance of Latin America’s micro and small enterprises (MSEs). But according to Daryl Collins and Maria Pia Torres at Decodis, we know little about how MSE owners themselves experience these changes. They share insights from Decodis' surveys of 114 mostly women-led MSEs in Colombia, Mexico and Peru, which highlight how digital solutions have become embedded in these businesses – and where business owners see the most value in digitalization.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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Fintech Startup NeoGrowth Raises $10 Million From MicroVest
NeoGrowth plans to deploy the funding to expand in India while aiming to secure more growth capital.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific