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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega is known for his anti-American rhetoric, but he's also known for his government's ability to create jobs.
That's why when the country's National Assembly approved the 2023 general budget on Wednesday, it was accompanied by this line: "The Government thus guarantees greater resources for roads, potable water, electric energy, and ports, in order to strengthen the economic and productive infrastructure of this Central American country."
The budget, which the country's finance minister said last month would "contribute in a stable, prudent macroeconomic framework to have better conditions to attract investments," is meant to create jobs and fight poverty, Prensa Latina reports.
Public investment in the country is expected to amount to more than $1 billion in 2023, the BBC reports. Read the Entire Article
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LIVIC Civil recently contributed $1,000 gold level mission investment in Focus Central Pennsylvania for 2025.These resources are to advance the mission to attract investment that cultivates economic...more
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, California Endowment
In 2024, Los Angeles will host the Mission Investors Exchange 2024 National Conference, an annual conference that brings together more than 750 philanthropy and impact investing leaders from across...more
Foundation: California Community Foundation, California Endowment
Ava DuVernay financed her latest film with money from the Giving Pledgean initiative of the California Endowment, the largest US foundation to commit its entire $4 billion portfolio to social and...more
Foundation: Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Skoll Foundation, Target Foundation, Ford Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
"The US creative economy was most recently valued at over $1 trillion by the National Endowment for the Arts," per a press release, "even before considering film, fashion, video games, beauty, food,...more
ExxonMobil is in the midst of dozens of lawsuits from states and localities accusing the company of lying about its role in climate change and the dangers of burning fossil fuels. Now, the oil...more
An auditor hired by the West Virginia Public Service Commission to look into two electric companies owned by FirstEnergy found evidence of wrongdoing, but it's not clear whether the companies...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates are putting their money where their mouth is. The world's two biggest philanthropists have each donated $50 million to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, CNN...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation
There's a new way of helping the world's poorest people, and it doesn't involve sending in satellites. Instead, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is putting its money where its mouth is,...more
Foundation: MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation
"To meet the challenges of our time, foundations must deploy resources across the full spectrum of capital, including grants, catalytic capital, and endowment investments that align with mission and...more
Foundation: MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation
"To meet the challenges of our time, foundations must deploy resources across the full spectrum of capital, including grants, catalytic capital, and endowment investments that align with mission and...more
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