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Analysis: Improving Cookstoves in Bangladesh: A Novel Case Study on Blockchain Technology and Climate Change Initiatives
A greener and more sustainable society can be achieved through practical market approaches.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- blockchain, clean cooking, research
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Press Release: Gender Gap Persists in Impact Investing Study
American Century Investments'® sixth impact investing survey shows men's growing interest in impact investing matches and outpaces women's.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Understanding the Coping Strategies of Financially Distressed Households: New Data Shows Their Value — And Lasting Consequences
COVID lockdowns had a grave impact on the financial health of low-income communities around the world — and as Scott Graham, Anahit Tevosyan and Andrée Simon at FINCA International point out, further financial shocks are a virtual certainty for these households. They share data gathered during the pandemic that reveals the coping strategies FINCA clients used to navigate the crisis — and they discuss how these strategies have left low-income households vulnerable to future economic disruptions and income shocks.
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- Finance
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The Adani Crisis Could Push Clean Energy Investors Away From India
The Adani crisis is bound to affect how foreign investors see the country and, by extension, how willing they are to provide capital for the transition.
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Anti-ESG Might Just Be Getting Started
Some politicians see it as part of a viable platform for the 2024 presidential election.
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- Global
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- ESG, renewable energy, research
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Press Release: Tameo Report Shows 17% Growth in Private Impact Fund Sector
Tameo surveyed 94 different investment managers and compiled data from 198 funds. These funds saw nearly 17% growth in total assets in 2021.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- impact investing, research
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COVID-19 Brought a Surge in African Healthtech Innovation, but How Viable Are the Startups Now?
African healthtech startups have gained prominence in recent years due to their potential to improve healthcare access and outcomes on the continent.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Just Useful… Or Truly Catalytic? How Entrepreneurs Really View Catalytic Capital — And What Impact Investors Can Do About It
Much of the attention in the impact finance sector tends to go to the stewards of capital — investors, foundations and other funders — most of whom firmly believe that catalytic capital is the type of finance that entrepreneurs value most. But as Bjoern Struewer at Roots of Impact and Jed Emerson at Tiedemann point out, it's unclear if investors' assumptions about the value of catalytic capital align with entrepreneurs’ actual opinions about it. They discuss new research that explores what entrepreneurs really value in this type of financing — and how these structures might be improved.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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