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From Grameen Bank to Global Scale: The New Edition of a Classic Book Highlights the Hard Truth – And Enduring Value – Behind Microfinance

James Militzer

The book explored the work of Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus to provide microloans to women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh — and an early effort to bring the microfinance model to America by supporting women-owned businesses in Chicago. Grameen Bank and BRAC had in common a deep commitment to the very poor, especially women.

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Truist Charitable Fund Names 17 New Grant Recipients

3BL Media

JUMPSTART South Carolina: JUMPSTART SC assists current and former prisoners across the state of South Carolina by creating pathways to a successful re-entry, including transitional housing, employment, education, job skills training, health care and a healthy support network. Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corp.:

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Young Americans Have High Appreciation and Expectations for Science, but Misinformation Threatens the Future

3BL Media

They identify access 3 (72%), affordability (47%), and bias/prejudice toward women or minorities (37%) 4 as the greatest barriers. The implication of STEM education barriers is significant, as education lays the foundation for future career opportunities. Women are a source of untapped potential in the STEM workforce (82%).

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Identity Theft Resource Center Releases Report on Identity Crime Victimization in Black Communities Ahead of Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023

3BL Media

The project is supported by LifeLock (a part of Gen™ ), Synchrony and the Wells Fargo Foundation. Although the age profiles were fairly balanced across all three cities, most focus group participants (82 percent) were under the age of 55.

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This Week’s Fund News: Invesco Launches High Yield Bond ESG ETF

Chris Hall

The ETF looks to track the Bloomberg MSCI Global High Yield Liquid Corporate ESG Weighted SRI Bond Index, which incorporates both exclusionary filters and tilting to overweight issuers with a strong ESG profile. The fund reached its first close with £8.2 million as it targets a total of £25 million.

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Why Food is Not Enough to End Hunger

Sustainable Development Network

currently enrolled in the Columbia University School of Professional Studies In South Asia (here defined as India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan) around 400 million people (out of a population of 1.7 In order to achieve SDG 2, stakeholders must define a nation’s socioeconomic profile and integrate nutrition-related policies.

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ESG Explainer: Financing Adaptation

Chris Hall

The participation from these parties improves the risk/return profile of the transaction in order to attract participation from the private sector. For governments, they want the least financially burdensome approach while private capital is seeking a good risk return profile.”. The public and/or philanthropic parties are catalytic.