Dividends

A dividend is a distribution of profits by a corporation to its shareholders. When a corporation earns a profit or surplus, it is able to pay a proportion of the profit as a dividend to shareholders. Any amount not distributed is taken to be re-invested in the business (called retained earnings). The current year profit as well as the retained earnings of previous years are available for distribution; a corporation is usually prohibited from paying a dividend out of its capital. Distribution to shareholders may be in cash (usually a deposit into a bank account) or, if the corporation has …

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UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 14 November 2024 English

Shelton Nyakundi, an 18-year-old student at the Menengai boarding school in Nakuru, Kenya, believes one simple thing could make the difference between the academic success and failure of many pupils: …

and LED lights in particular – could pay big dividends in countries struggling to power their schools


Chatham House · 14 November 2024 English

A substantial gap exists between the amount of finance needed to achieve net zero in order to avert catastrophic impacts from climate change and the amount of finance available. The …

The vehicle would not, for example, need to pay dividends and/or achieve share price gains yielding a total


WPI Economics · 14 November 2024 English

Prior to the pandemic, it created 1.6 million jobs and contributed £120 billion in GVA to the UK economy.2 However, that pales in comparison to the role of the sector …

connectivity also offers the potential for future dividends of additional connectivity to accrue to the UK’s


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 13 November 2024 English

As the United States and the ROK prepare to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of their security and defense alliance in 2025, forging a durable technology alliance is going to become …

and new materials will likely result in key dividends for both countries. This is particularly true


World Bank Group · 13 November 2024 English

The Nigeria Development Update (NDU) is a World Bank report series produced twice a year that assesses recent economic and social developments and prospects in Nigeria, and places these in …

in 2022 (2.2 percent of GDP). Additionally, dividends from parastatals rose by 0.3 percentage points percent of GDP in 2025-2027, driven by higher dividends from parastatals and fiscal gains from closing


World Bank Group · 12 November 2024 English

climate-smart agriculture leveraging economic dividends for project beneficiaries promoting sustainable climate-smart agriculture leveraging economic dividends for project beneficiaries promoting sustainable


World Bank Group · 12 November 2024 English

This paper investigates the determinants of mining projects, with a focus on green minerals. The research question is the effect of political risk on investment decisions, the size of projects, …

depreciation allowances in profit taxation, royalties, dividends taxes, worker profit sharing, loss carryforwards


IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 11 November 2024 English

As mudanças climáticas representam tanto uma ameaça crítica quanto uma oportunidade única de progresso na América Latina e no Caribe. Este livro se aprofunda nessa dupla realidade, mostrando que a …

example, improving disaster risk management pays dividends. Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean


IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 11 November 2024 English

Climate change presents both a critical threat and a unique opportunity for progress in Latin America and the Caribbean. This book delves into this dual reality, showing that climate action …

example, improving disaster risk management pays dividends. Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 11 November 2024 English

This report considers how finance and planning ministries can respond strategically to climate risk, highlighting best practices from Southeast Asia and identifying crosscutting priorities.

revenue (e.g., natural resource rents, SOE dividends) and expenditure profiles (e.g., clean energy


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