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Sankalp Forum Expansion to Africa: View from the Ground
In 2013, we at Intellecap expanded the Sankalp Forum program to Africa. There are many compelling reasons for “why Africa”. In our second article we share a ‘view from the ground’ on how the social enterprise ecosystem appeared to us, where the sector seems headed, and key challenges and constraints to the growth of this sector.
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- Social Enterprise
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NextThought Monday: Three Assumptions You Should Avoid When Working with the BoP
My goal in Villa El Salvador — an urban, residential district on the outskirts of a desert area in Lima —was to supervise a focus group with inhabitants of this neighborhood that will be part of a broader study that IDB’s Opportunities for the Majority is developing as part of its 2014 knowledge production strategy. Many of participants in the focus group surprised me with some of their answers, as they went against many of my rooted preconceptions.
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- Finance, Technology
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Rethinking Impact and Redefining Success: Highlights from Unite for Sight’s Social Entrepreneurship Institute
Unite For Sight recently hosted its inaugural Social Entrepreneurship Institute, a day-long event dedicated to social entrepreneurship across a variety of sectors, including health care. Speakers focused on several key best practices in social entrepreneurship, from beginning an organization to measuring impact and eventually scaling up.
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- Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
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Building an India-Africa Pipeline – Part One: Intellecap’s Sankalp Africa conference focuses on South-South social innovation transfer
How can an India-Africa innovation transfer be hastened? What are the risks? That will be the top agenda point of Intellecap’s Sankalp Africa conference, an industry gathering of more 350 funders, entrepreneurs, intermediaries and others on Feb 12-13 in Nairobi.
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- Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
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The Best of 2013: NextThought Monday – Opening the Curtain on the New 2.0 Era of Impact Investing
Impact investing has not been growing as quickly as many practitioners might have hoped, and knowledge of what does and does not work remains closely held. But in what they bill as "an unprecedented exercise in disclosure," Pacific Community Ventures and its partners are sharing the inner workings of 12 high-performing funds, hoping to spark a new era in impact investing.
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- Education
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8 Defining Milestones in India’s Social Enterprise Landscape
As India celebrates its 67th year of freedom on Thursday (Aug. 15), it seems poignant to pause and reflect on eight milestones that have played an important role in shaping India’s social enterprise landscape and the lessons they teach us.
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- Energy, Social Enterprise
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The Best of 2013: Bridging the Gap with Early Capital for BoP Models: An impact evaluation of VisionSpring in El Salvador
It’s natural for impact investors to focus on companies with measurable social impact and financial returns. But they often overlook models with impact potential that are still in their pre-commercial phase. This lack of early stage capital can limit the development of promising businesses, leading to missed opportunities for the poor and for investors. That’s why the IDB’s Opportunities for the Majority initiative offers grants to pre-commercial pilots like VisionSpring’s eye care model in El Salvador.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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What’s Next for Impact Investing? The Value of a Formal Fund Structure To Maximize Impact
Impact investing has been building momentum both in the United States and abroad, promising to be a new model for sustainable development. Numerous reports in the past two years have pointed out the growth of the industry. Yet despite this promise, the industry faces many challenges. Here’s what some organizations are doing to address these challenges.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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