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Kazakhstan: KMF Mandates Emga to Secure New USD 15m Financing from Austria’s OeEB
October, 30 2019
Kazakhstan - As the European Union is set to boost the business climate in Kazakhstan and central Asia through the Program Central Asia Invest – Policy, MFO KMF LLC (KMF) a leading Kazakh financial institution has proved itself to be ahead of the curve, having mandated Emerging Markets Global Advisory Limited (EMGA) to secure new cross-border funding
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Bangladesh: Steps to Promote Local Green Bond Market Identified
October, 28 2019
Bangladesh - International Finance Corporation, a member of World Bank Group, in partnership with Bangladesh Bank, identified steps to promote the local green bond market in Bangladesh as a way to mobilise capital for climate-related initiatives
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Are Rich Countries 'Glossing Over' Their Climate Finance Obligations?
October, 24 2019
Global - As the Green Climate Fund gears up for the start of its replenishment conference in Paris on Thursday, civil society groups are warning that rich countries should not distract from their climate finance obligations with claims about broadening the fund’s donor base
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EIB to Back Small-Scale Renewables in Brazil
October, 22 2019
Brazil - The €100 million funding will support the local renewables roll-out, including small-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) farms and run-of-the-river hydropower plants (HPPs), and with part of the financing going towards various energy efficiency initiatives
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Indonesia Issues World's First Blockchain Sukuk
October, 22 2019
Indonesia - Indonesian Islamic microfinance cooperative BMT Bina Ummah has raised 710 million rupiah ($50,000) through the world's first primary sukuk issuance on a public blockchain and also the world's first micro sukuk
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Why Are Social Safety Net Programmes so Crucial?
October, 21 2019
Bangladesh - Ending poverty, which is the inescapable agenda of today’s world, requires action across multiple arenas and should be approached from social protection and microcredit angles— both of which are tested means of poverty reduction
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Formalising Microfinance in India
October, 18 2019
India - Microfinance in India has traversed a long history since it debuted in the late 1980s as a social banking innovation anchored in informal self-help groups (SHGs). It was mainstreamed as the self-help group-bank linkage program (SBLP) in the mid-1990s with the active involvement of non-government organisations (NGOs), banks and provincial governments
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Investors to Triple Fossil Fuel Divestment, Survey Finds
October, 16 2019
Global - Institutional investors are planning to ramp up allocations to the sector to 5.3% over the next 12 months, which will more than double to nearly 11% by 2029. This represents $643 billion of investment into renewables from respondents over the next decade
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Rich Millennials Push to Put Family Wealth into Impact Investments
October, 16 2019
Global - Winning the support of older generations for new approaches to wealth management is not always easy. But as younger family members take up the reins at family offices, many are asking one question: how can they put more of their family’s wealth to work for good
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The Next Frontier in Impact Investing: Investing in Refugees
October, 15 2019
Global - Refugee lens investing is a nascent movement, but it has potential to address one of the biggest political and social crises of our times. “In the absence of political leverage, economic leverage can work to create change,” says Kluge, reflecting on his vision for the movement.
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Future Returns: Impact Investing in Latin America
October, 15 2019
Latin America - Home to eight of the 20 countries across the world with the highest income inequality, below average public health expenditures as a proportion of GDP, and ridden with hasty, unplanned urbanization, there is a budding class of entrepreneurs trying to reshape life in the region
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Serbia's WBEG Opens Western Balkans' Largest Wind Farm
October, 14 2019
Serbia - Serbian company Vetroelektrane Balkana (WBEG), a joint venture of UAE-based Masdar, Taaleri Energia and German development finance institution DEG, has officially opened Cibuk 1, the largest utility-scale commercial wind project in Serbia and the Western Balkans, Masdar said
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LSE Lays Down Tougher Rules for Green Bond Reporting
October, 11 2019
UK - The London Stock Exchange is to create a new green classification and toughen standards for eco-friendly “green” bonds listed on its market as competition among exchanges in the fast-growing sustainable finance industry rises
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Five Takeaways from the State of Blended Finance 2019
October, 08 2019
Global - We recently launched the State of Blended Finance 2019, the third edition of our keystone report first published in 2017. The report uses Convergence data and insights to provide an updated analysis on the blended finance market.
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World Bank Financing Serbian Waste-to-energy, Landfill Project
October, 04 2019
Serbia - This landmark project in the City of Belgrade has the power to become an example of a sustainable solution for cities in other emerging markets to solve pressing waste management challenges using the technology and efficiency of the private sector
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Nigeria: CBN Mandates Banks to Give Out More Loans
October, 03 2019
Nigeria - A new directive by the Central Bank mandates Nigerian banks to give N65 as loans for every N100 they have as deposits. The directive announced on Wednesday is to ensure that banks lend money to the real sector of the economy
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IFC Signs Deal to Support Refugees, Micro Businesses in Lebanon
October, 01 2019
Lebanon - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, signed a cooperation agreement today with Lebanon’s largest microfinance institution, Al Majmoua. The project is designed to help Al Majmoua continue to grow sustainably while providing crucial financial services to people across Lebanon
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Tunisia: Enda Tamweel Inks $10mn Agreement with Citibank Tunisia
October, 01 2019
Tunisia - Tunisia-based microfinance company Enda Tamweel, which owns about 80% of the country’s microfinance sector market share, has signed a loan guarantee agreement with the local subsidiary of US bank Citibank for an amount of TND30 million ($10.4 million)
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Indonesia: Clever Collaboration Lifts Fintech
October, 01 2019
Indonesia - Fintechs, banks and government are working together to build clever new digital services and boost financial inclusion in a country where millions are unbanked. For now, collaboration is the name of the game
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