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Announcing DECfinder: Preserving Development Knowledge for the Future
DECfinder is a tool built at I4DI to restore public access to over 110,000 curated documents from USAID’s Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC).
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- Global
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- data, global development, partnerships, SDGs
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ESG is Not Dead; The Deepest Forms of Sustainable Investing Are Thriving
Toniic’s latest T100 report shows remarkable shifts in impact capital deployment over the last ten years.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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Press Release: Rockefeller Foundation Commits US $100 Million to Serve 100 Million Children Nutritious School Meals
5-year effort announced at Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Paris summit to expand support to more than a dozen countries worldwide and in the United States.
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- Agriculture
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- Global
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Viewpoint: Entrepreneur as Agent of Social Impact and Its Implications on Development Work
Development work often requires long-term, patient processes that involve gradual community engagement, trust-building, and the slow but steady implementation of programs that address root causes rather than just symptoms.
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- Investing
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- Global
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- impact investing, scale, SDGs, startups, systems change
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Saudi Arabia’s IsDB Commits Over $1.4 Billion to Advance Development Goals Across Eight Member Countries
Approved projects in food security, health, education, and transportation support achieving the SDGs.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Life After USAID: Africa’s Development, Education, and Health Care
Alternative strategies to sustain progress on economic development, education investment, and disease responses.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya: Refurbished Mobile Phone Company Raises Funding From Proparco
French development finance institution Proparco has granted Kenya-based Badili a $400,000 loan.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Standard Chartered Issues Inaugural €1 Billion Social Bond
Standard Chartered has issued its first-ever social bond. The €1bn instrument is aimed at supporting sustainable development of low-income countries across its portfolio of emerging markets.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- food security, impact bonds, infrastructure, MSMEs, SDGs
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