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New USAID, Gazelle Finance programme to support over 30 SMEs, economic recovery in Georgia The programme will target its support towards a group of high-potential SMEs, helping them attract private sector financing, expand their businesses and generate employment opportunities in their communities. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge. Agenda.ge, 17 May 2021 - 13:24, Tbilisi,Georgia More than 30 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Georgia will benefit from a new three-year programme launched by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Gazelle Finance, a financial company that invests in SMEs in the Eurasia Region, with current focus on Georgia and Armenia. The programme will target a group of high-potential SMEs, helping them attract private sector financing, expand their businesses and generate employment opportunities in their communities. ....
ESG targets: More carrot, less stick April 29, 2021 Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) can lead to greener, more responsible investment. But standards remain irregular: creating common denominators will be crucial. The subject of Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) continues to take increased prominence in public and private debate, but their remains much to determine in how these principles should be implemented across emerging Europe. According to Jeffrey Liebert, CEO of Gazelle Finance – which is involved in frontier financing and engaged in helping implement ESG practices in the countries of the former USSR – ESG is an opportunity to raise companies’ performance. ....