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BASF, Eramet Finalize $2.6 Billion Partnership to Invest in EV Battery Nickel Processing Facility in Indonesia
The move is intended to capitalize on the country's vast nickel resources.
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- Energy
- Region
- South Asia
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Press Release: USAID Announces Four New Public-Private Partnerships Under the Digital Invest Program to Support Digital Finance and Internet Service Providers
This year, USAID will launch the following new partnerships, expanding and diversifying the Digital Invest portfolio.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: Climate Action and Sustainability – A Unique Opportunity for Global Cooperation
Preserving our ferociously fragile and interconnected ecosystem will require participation from all corners of the world.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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India Shows How Investing in Smaller Projects Can Drive Large-Scale Green Transformation
Projects in India reveal how transformative change can be replicated across the world.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing, WASH
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- Asia Pacific
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Made in India Virus Kits Boost Testing, and Local Industry
Over a year later, most Indians can access PCR tests at a fraction of the cost — due to a large-scale public-private partnership, known as InDx, that set up the local know-how and infrastructure to manufacture these tests within India.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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Startups and Venture Capital vs. COVID-19: How an INR 1 Billion Grant Program Is Boosting India’s Pandemic Response
India is home to many innovative startups that are leveraging technology to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. To support them, a group of prominent venture capital funds and founders recently launched ACT Grants, an INR 1 billion effort to fund scale-ready solutions to COVID-related challenges. NextBillion spoke with Mekin Maheshwari, founder of Udhyam Learning Foundation – a key partner in the initiative – about how it is helping India’s startups ramp up their battle against the virus.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Investing, Technology
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Press Release: DFC Aims to Finance $1 Billion of Private Sector Investment in Honduras
“DFC is proud to support the Honduran people during this time of need around the world,” said Boehler. “We appreciate the Government of Honduras’s commitment to improve the business climate to facilitate investment and look forward to advancing our common goals through collaboration with the private sector. Public-private partnerships are fundamental to the strength of Honduras as a country and to the goals of América Crece.”
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- Finance
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- Latin America
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Preventing Coronavirus in an Age of Distrust: The Importance of Cross-Sector Collaboration
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, public health institutions are playing an essential role in containing the virus. Unfortunately, as Steve Schmida at Resonance points out, trust in large institutions is at an all-time low in many countries – and this is a major impediment to preventing the spread of the virus. He explores how governments can partner with both private enterprises and non-profits to boost public trust and promote efforts to contain coronavirus.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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