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Analysis: How Corporate Social Responsibility Can Turbocharge Index Funds
One of the biggest trends to emerge in the stock market in the last 20 years is the concentration of assets held by institutional investors.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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Climate-Oriented Blended Finance on the Decrease
The report found a significant decline in aggregate financing levels for climate in recent years.
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- Environment, Finance
- Region
- Global
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Friend or Foe to the World’s Poor? Settling the Microfinance Debate
Two stubbornly unresolved debates keep casting doubt on how much benefit microfinance brings to its customers.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: Principal® Releases First Sustainable Financing Report Announcing Allocations of $600 Million Sustainability Bond
Proceeds support green and social initiatives in alignment with ESG commitments
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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Bayport Secures $12 Million From WaterEquity for Water and Sanitation in Africa
The loan Bayport Management secured from WaterEquity will be used to finance clean water and sanitation in seven countries in Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- sanitation, water
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CreditAccess Grameen Raises $35 Million ESG Loan From US International Development Finance Corp in India
The direct loan, CreditAccess said, is one of the first of its kind for DFC to a non-banking financial company microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI) in India.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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The African Development Bank, First City Monument Bank Sign $50 Million Agreement to Enhance Access to Finance for SMEs in Nigeria
FCMB will use the proceeds of the Line of Credit to finance SMEs and WEBs in Nigeria’s agribusiness, manufacturing, healthcare and renewable energy sectors.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: IFC and Spain Renew Partnership to Boost Private Sector Development in Latin America and Africa
Spain's support will bolster IFC's efforts to help create markets and jobs and fuel economic recovery in the two regions.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Global
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