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SDG Impact Finance Initiative backs Agri3’s blended-finance fund
Amsterdam-based Agri3 Fund offers risk guarantees, credit enhancements and technical assistance to financial institutions to support lending to smallholder farmers, cooperatives and other …
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Huge opportunities and trickle of capital make Brazil an impact growth market
A mismatch of demand for and supply of impact capital in a country roughly the size of the United States has created one …
How local early-stage funders are finding impact alpha in emerging markets
ImpactAlpha, February 5 – Small and growing businesses are the pillars of local economies, in both developed and developing economies. Startups are engines …
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More than a dozen climate and biodiversity collaboratives advance system-change in Latin America
Climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and financing gaps are deeply interconnected. No single organization, investor or source of capital can address them alone. …
When farm credit fits the producer, it doubles as climate finance
Brazil is the world’s largest poultry exporter and one of its biggest dairy producers, yet the small and mid-sized farmers who supply those …
It takes an ecosystem to raise an impact economy
We often talk about impact investing as a strategy. What increasingly excites me is the larger question: What does it actually take to …
Catalytic capital in Latin America: From isolated wins to market architecture
Many of Latin America’s impact companies that could one day be commercial opportunities remain at an early stage, operating in fragmented markets with …
AI-enabled feedback helps fintechs differentiate impact from access
Is fintech actually improving lives or just expanding access to financial products? As Latin America’s fintech sector grows, this question is becoming harder …
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