Investments

To invest is to allocate money in the expectation of some benefit in the future. In finance, the benefit from an investment is called a return. The return may consist of a gain or a loss realized from the sale of a property or an investment, unrealized capital appreciation (or depreciation), or investment income such as dividends, interest, rental income etc., or a combination of capital gain and income. The return may also include currency gains or losses due to changes in the foreign currency exchange rates. Investors generally expect higher returns from riskier investments. When a low-risk investment is …

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UN: The United Nations · 6 December 2024 English

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organization. There have also been significant investments in specific risk areas such as implementing partner


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 22 August 2024 English

The project will be aligned with the following impact: social welfare system strengthened to build resilience and promote human and social development. The outcome will be: health, resilience, and socioeconomic …

loans, technical assistance, grants, and equity investments to promote social and economic development. Headquarters


World Bank Group · 6 May 2024 English

focuses on reforms to institutions and impactful investments aimed at improving equity. Specifically, the protection system rather than input-based specific investments. In addition, Chile has sound institutions and children and adolescents; (iv) revise social investments to consider both gender and lifecycle; and (v)


World Bank Group · 1 May 2024 English

This brief showcases the gender landscape in Cyprus on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains, minimizes losses in wealth, …

girls remain untapped. Turning human capital investments into economic gains means addressing multiple


ECCP: European Cluster Collaboration Platform · 19 April 2024 English

3rd CBA In-person days 4-5 Not for reproduction or distribution, in whole or in part, without prior written permission of European Cluster Collaboration Platform Coordination Team 3rd Cluster Booster Academy …

based on renewable raw materials and enhancing investments in green ▪ Organization of a „Bioeconomy Regional


RFF: Resources for the Future · 19 April 2024

Wildfire Smoke in the United States Jacob Gellman and Matthew Wibbenmeyer Working Paper 24-04 April 2024 About the Authors Jacob Gellman is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Economics …

Defensive behaviors, including health-protecting investments like air purifiers (Ito and Zhang 2020; Richardson priority “firesheds” for initial IIJA landscape investments were identified based on three criteria: potential Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: Initial Landscape Investments to Protect Communities and Improve Resilience


PCNS: Policy Center for the New South · 19 April 2024 English

He is a member of the Editorial Board of the French Review Commentaire and Knight of the Legion of Honor. [...] Under the direct supervision of Professor Abdelaziz Aitali, the …

investment since it reduces energy costs. Those investments matter for fighting global climate change. They Fed show. This means that normally profitable investments can be financed by debt and still offer benefits


ECCP: European Cluster Collaboration Platform · 19 April 2024

The association acts towards the Turning scientific creation of favorable conditions for ideas into business Increasing the The impacts of opportunities and number of scientific development and enhancement of the …

and energy prices effect companies and their investments. DSc. (Tech)/ Research and • Covid-19 pandemic globally Project ends Boosting New investments HOOP on investments in better knowlege (Horizon 2020) September and energy prices effect companies and their investments. M.Sc. / Project Manager, Team Manager • Covid-19 globally Project ends Boosting New investments HOOP on investments in better knowlege (Horizon 2020) September


IDOS: German Institute of Development and Sustainability · 18 April 2024

The G7 and G20 have committed to re-channelling 100 billion worth of SDRs to developing countries. If well done, this could provide urgently needed breathing space to vulnerable developing countries.

current on-lending billion in loans, grants and investments last year. regime and recalls the rules governing


ESPON: European Territorial Observation Network · 18 April 2024 English

The present document describes the context and objectives of the ESPON’s project on upgrading the territorial impact assessment (TIA) methodology, it outlines the procurement process and identifies the needs of …

territorial impact of integrated territorial investments by selecting meaningful impact indicators. The impact assessments for major infrastructure investments in the TEN-T core network corridors. In addition


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