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Department for International Development (DFID) (U
United Kingdom of Great Britai
The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK s work to end extreme poverty. DFID ending the need for aid by creating jobs unlocking the potential of girls and women and helping to save lives when humanitarian emergencies hit.
| Type: Government | Geography: Global | Impact: Access to Financial Services |
Investor
Fundemex
Mexico
The Business Foundation in Mexico AC (Fundemex) is a nonprofit organization created in 2004 by the Business Coordinating Council (CCE) and business organizations that comprise it.It invests in territories and sectors to develop a development route with impact potential. It works to boost free market democracy social responsibilities and equal opportunities.
| Type: Foundation | Geography: Mexico | Impact: Employment Generation |
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Liberian Bank for Development & Investment
Liberia
The LBDI was created by an Act of the National Legislature in 1961 under the joint initiative of the Liberian government and major international financial institutions who purchased equity in the Bank namely International Financial Corporation (IFC) Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) Capital Partners European Investment Bank (EIB) Groupe Agence Franicais de Development (GAFD) and Deutsche Investitions und Entwicklungesllchaft (DEG) over 150 private Liberians other international and local institutions. Foreign shareholding is 44.47% and local shareholding is 55.53%.LBDI is predominantly a privately owned institution under private management and a Board of Directors elected annually by its Shareholders.
| Type: Bank | Geography: Liberia | Impact: Access to Financial Services |
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MCE Social Capital
United States of America
MCE Social Capital is a nonprofit impact investing firm that uses a pioneering loan guarantee model to generate economic opportunities for hundreds of thousands of people particularly women in more than 30 countries.MCE is a nimble virtual organization with leadership in San Francisco New York Washington D.C. Boston and North Carolina.MCE recruits trail blazing individuals foundations and other entities to back loans to MCE from institutional lenders and accredited investors. Learn more about the Guarantor model.Since 2006 when MCE began operations MCE has used more than $110 million from private sector lenders made possible by MCE s loan guarantees to make loans to hundreds of MFIs. The MFIs have in turn funded more than $160 million in loans and other services to hundreds of thousands of people in more than 30 countries in Latin America Sub Saharan Africa Asia Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. Each of these individualsmore than 71% of whom are womensupports an average of five family members or more than 2 million people.MCE s separate Small and Growing Business (SGB) Fund supported by MCE s retained earnings and donations since 2013 but switching over to guaranteed capital in 2017 makes flexible customized and affordable loans to SGBs in Sub Saharan Africa and other challenging parts of the world.MCE sells its Global Economic Opportunity Notes (the Notes) to accredited investors. These Notes pay a fixed financial return generate positive social impact and benefit from MCE s 10 year track record of solid portfolio performance and the fact that MCE s investments are backed by over $113 million in loan guarantees.
| Type: Investment Fund Manager | Geography: Global | Impact: Access to Financial Services |