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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Doing more with less – the blended finance fallout from shrinking development aid and a shuttered USAID. A call for responsible investors to invest in… defence companies (09:30). And, remembering B Lab’s Andrew Kassoy, an Agent of Impact who launched a movement to align capital with purpose (14:40).
Story links:
- “Blended finance at a crossroads: The fallout from shrinking aid and a shuttered USAID,” by Convergence’s Joan Larrea
- “Development finance institutions lag on transparency and disclosure around capital mobilization,” by Jessica Pothering
- “Calling responsible investors in Europe to invest in… defense,” by Venture ESG’s Susan Winterberg and Johannes Lenhard
- “Declaration of Interdependence: Reconciling profit and purpose,” by B Lab’s Andrew Kassoy
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