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From Trash Barriers to ‘Sky Latrines’: Leveraging Entrepreneurship to Address WASH-Related Challenges in Cambodia’s Floating Villages
Cambodia faces a number of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)-related challenges — particularly in the floating villages and dense lakeside communities around the Mekong River. As Simon Crittle at iDE explains, these waterways are heavily contaminated, causing residents to suffer from waterborne diseases. He explores how iDE is addressing these issues by helping local community members create and monetize waste-management solutions — providing livelihoods for women entrepreneurs in the process.
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- Environment, Social Enterprise, Technology, WASH
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- hygiene, recycling, sanitation, waste, water, women entrepreneurs
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Press Release: MCE Social Capital Announces the Final Close of Its Mesa Fund to Target Gender-Inclusive Agri-Businesses in Africa and Latin America
The investment rationale: expanding the potential of early-stage entrepreneurs and rural financial services providers.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Arnur Credit Bags $9 Million from IFC to Aid Women-Led MSMEs in Kazakhstan
The project is aligned with IFC’s strategy in Kazakhstan to boost private sector-led growth through support to the financial sector and investments.
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- Investing
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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Malaysian Fintech Startup MADCash Secures $1 Million in Funding to Empower Women Entrepreneurs
MADCash funds and grows unbanked and underbanked women entrepreneurs, aiming to create an alternative credit scoring to increase their future bankability.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Press Release: IFC Grants Loan to Caja Los Héroes to Promote Financial Inclusion in Chile
This new financing seeks to further boost the growth and expansion of Caja Los Héroes' social credit framework.
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- Finance
- Region
- Latin America
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ADB Approves $500 Million Loan to Support Indonesia’s Development Agenda and Reform Priorities
The loan will support Indonesia’s development agenda and reform priorities in creating an enabling environment for investments.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Press Release: Kiva Announces Global Commitments for Women and Refugees at Clinton Global Initiative 2023 Meeting
Kiva’s initiatives will improve the lives of over half a million women and refugees and expand critical partner network for greater financial inclusion.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: African Development Fund Approves $20 Million to Improve Business Environment and Drive Investments to Climate-Smart Agriculture in Mozambique
The programme is expected to help stimulate the development of agribusiness and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as finance efforts to mainstream gender and climate action initiatives into economic development.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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