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This joint initiative supports 32 projects in 25 countries. Women's Entrepreneurship in the Americas (WEAmericas) Small Grants Initiative. In 2012, the WalMart Foundation donated $1.5 million for projects to support women-owned businesses and women entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean. This initiative currently supports 24 projects ...
The UNVFDW was given an expanded mandate by the General Assembly in February 1985, when it became the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). [10] Under resolution 39/125, the new fund was called on to support and advocate for innovative and catalytic activities that would give voice and visibility to the women of the developing world.
The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) is an international organisation that provides research training, career development and networking opportunities for women scientists throughout the developing world at different stages in their career. It was founded in 1987 and was officially launched in 1993.
These grants provide financial assistance to women of color starting or expanding their small businesses. In the past, recipients have used grant funds to cover the cost of equipment, marketing ...
Kiva is supported by grants, loans, and donations from its users, corporations, and national institutions. [9] Since 2005, Kiva has crowd-funded more than 1.6 million loans, totaling over $1.68 billion, [4] with a repayment rate of 96.3 percent. [4] Over 2 million lenders worldwide use the Kiva platform. [4]
The International Development Association (IDA) (French: Association internationale de développement) is a development finance institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. The IDA is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States.
Spark MicroGrants has worked to put families facing poverty as the driving seat of local change since July 2010. Spark’s key innovation is the Facilitated Collective Action Process (FCAP), in which a series of curated village meetings are held paired with a seed grant.
In some countries there is more development aid than government spending. (Image from World in Data) Development aid (or development cooperation) is a type of aid given by governments and other agencies to support the economic, environmental, social, and political development of developing countries. [1]