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Chilean quake, following Haiti emergency, may strain resources of aid agencies

15 March 2010
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A number of aid agencies have expressed concern that ongoing rebuilding efforts in Haiti may affect their ability to respond to last month’s earthquake in Chile. Even before the earthquake, the US Agency for International Development last month alerted some relief groups that government funding for foreign disaster assistance could be affected by the cost of operations in Haiti. Click here to read ...


Global Partnerships extends operations to Mexico to provide ‘more affordable’ microfinance

15 March 2010
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IDB support for community participation project to bring gas to low-income communities

15 March 2010
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The Inter American Development Bank (IDB) is supporting the development of a community participation project to increase the provision of gas supplies in greater Buenos Aires. FOMIN, the Bank’s Multilateral Investment Fund, will provide a $3 million loan and a $690,000 technical assistance grant to equip low-income communities to organize themselves to make a collective demand for gas services, build additions to the external network and install home service connections to the network themselves. Click here to read ...


International Finance Corporation to finance ‘systemic change in Mexican retailing’

15 March 2010
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IFC, the World Bank’s investment arm, has signed a long-term agreement with Sistema Integral de Abasto Rural, SA CV (Mi Tienda), to finance an expansion of Mi Tienda’s operation. The proposed expansion will create 36 distribution centres, whose main target group will be rural shops in 14,740 small Mexican villages. In addition to providing necessities such as food and consumer goods, Mi Tienda’s distribution system will provide a platform for services such as insurance, payment of utility bills, branchless banking and microcredit. Click here to read ...


‘Hybrid’ partnership key step in cross-sector cooperation for Mexico

15 March 2010
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Ashoka, the network of social entrepreneurs, and Fundemex, the foundation created by the Mexican Council for the Coordination of Business, have launched a partnership to promote what they call hybrid value chains – collaborations between social entrepreneurs and businesses that will use the strengths of both sectors to create, among other things, new products, channels of distribution and access to finance which will benefit poorer communities and provide greater access for businesses and social enterprises to those communities. Click here to read ...


Conferences and events

15 March 2010
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23-26 March
ANDE Latin America Conference: Growing Small Businesses in Latin America
Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs
Granada, Nicaragua
Contact www.andelatinamerica.org

7-9 April
6th GIFE Congress on Private Social Investment: 2020 Vision
Group of Institutes, Foundations and Enterprises (GIFE)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Small grants in a big country
Helena Monteiro

Small grants in a big country

Helena Monteiro
1 March 2010
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Mexican Center For Philanthropy - Donors’ meeting in Mexico

1 March 2010
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Last November, as part of the 2009 Annual Reunion that concluded its 20th anniversary year, the Mexican Center for Philanthropy (CEMEFI) organized its 6th Donors’ Meeting, on ‘Investment for Solidarity in Current Times’. The aim: to call upon foundations and businesses to reflect on the strategic role their philanthropic contributions play in improving the quality of life in Mexico. Click here to read ...


GIFE - Governance: Challenges for Corporate Foundations in Brazil

1 March 2010
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GIFE (Group of Institutes, Foundations and Enterprises) published last December, in partnership with the Brazilian Institute for Corporate Governance (IBGC), the Guide to Best Practices in the Governance of Corporate Foundations and Institutes (Guia das Melhores Práticas de Governança para Fundações e Institutos Empresariais). Click here to read ...


Haitian national palace after the earthquake

Haiti: rush to donate contrasts with delays besetting relief effort

1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

Responses to the Haiti earthquake on 12 January quickly gathered momentum with an outpouring of public and private generosity. President Obama made an initial commitment of $100 million in official US aid within two days of the disaster, and this was followed by an EU pledge of around €137 million for short-term needs and at least €200 million for the medium and longer term. Click here to read ...


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