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The DIV Fund Issues Request for Proposals
Through its tiered model, the Fund provides financing for early-stage pilots, rigorous evaluation of promising solutions, and the scale-up of interventions with demonstrated impact and cost-effectiveness.
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- Social Enterprise
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- Global
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Viewpoint: Impact Investing’s New Discipline
Impact investors are not asking for less impact — they are asking for more discipline. Drawing on conversations with investors across Miller Center’s network, Brigit Helms explores why execution, unit economics, additionality, and impact-revenue alignment are becoming central to the next phase of social enterprise finance.
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- Agriculture, Social Enterprise
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- Global
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Press Release: Rockefeller Foundation Calls for Urgent, Coordinated Response to Record Decline in Global Aid, per New OECD Data
Projections from ISGlobal research and The Lancet Global Health suggest this level of ODA decrease could lead to 9.4 million or more preventable deaths by 2030.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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- data, global development, NGOs, research, SDGs
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SolarAid CEO John Keane is Stepping Down
SolarAid today announced that its Chief Executive Officer, John Keane, has decided to step down from his role in June
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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FinDev Canada Provides USD $30 Million Loan to CIFI to Support Inclusive Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
The loan will enable CIFI to expand access to financing for private sector infrastructure projects in Official Development Assistance eligible countries across Latin America and the Caribbean.
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- Latin America
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Switzerland and Malawi Authorise the First Article 6.2 Activity in Malawi: Malawi Dairy Biogas Program
The greenhouse gas mitigation activity is authorised under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, marking the first authorisation of its kind under the bilateral climate agreement between Malawi and Switzerland. It was developed in close partnership with Sistema.bio, EcoGen, ACT Group, and the KliK Foundation.
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- Energy, Environment, Social Enterprise
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Dangerous Deliveries: Alarming Rise in Mothers Giving Birth Without Clean Water, WaterAid Research Finds
Investing in clean water, toilets, and handwashing in healthcare facilities could cut maternal and newborn deaths in half, for only $1 per person.
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- WASH
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- Global
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Global Water Crisis Aggravated by Gender Inequalities According to New UN Report
Despite decades of progress, inequalities continue to compromise global water security, disproportionally impacting women and girls, who despite of being the main collectors of water, continue to be excluded from water management and leadership roles.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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