USAID is the lead United States Government agency addressing global poverty and supporting resilient democratic societies, with a growing focus on impact investing as a core development tool. Beyond traditional aid, USAID deploys blended finance, guarantees, first loss capital and direct fund commitments to unlock private investment in frontier markets, helping funds like Beacon Fund I scale women centered enterprises and support small business growth where financing is most scarce. The agency directs capital to investments that advance measurable social and environmental progress, expand markets, improve livelihoods and accelerate economic inclusion in more than one hundred countries. Throu...
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