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Cut Off From Infrastructure, Not From Support: SKS NGO Builds Self-Reliance in Isolated Communities
The purpose of SKS’s ultra poor programme is to create sustainable livelihoods so that those living in extreme poverty can graduate into one of two paths: Axisting microfinance programme in the area (for the few that wish to expand their business or diversify into other activities), or to continue saving in groups and use their savings to strengthen and diversify their asset base (a viable transition for most).
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Countdown to World Peace Day
June 21 also marks the three-month countdown to Peace Day on Sept. 21, 2012, when we hope to see the largest global reduction of violence ever recorded on one day – the Global Truce 2012 campaign. We believe this will be the largest-ever gathering of individuals in the name of peace.
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Creating the Right Board for Your Social Enterprise
While for-profit corporations often focus on accountability towards their shareholders, social enterprises are often torn between interests of their target group and interest of their funders. Research by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship revealed some interesting findings on this issue.
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- Education, Social Enterprise
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(With Video): From SOCAP Europe – Why Giving Is Not Going Away
At last month’s SOCAP: Designing the Future in Malmö, Sweden, the role philanthropy should take in fostering a strong impact investing sector was one of the key focal points. Adding to the buzz was new report published by Monitor in collaboration with Acumen Fund, titled From Blueprint to Scale: The Case for Philanthropy in Impact Investing, the subject of a lively discussion from the forum.
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Disruptive Sanitation: Can 3-Wheeled Carts and Better Septic Tanks Add Value to the Supply Chain AND Clean Up Jakarta?
A Mercy Corps project titled PUSH (Program of Urban Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion) undertook a market analysis of Jakarta’s sanitation industry. Funded by the Suez Environment Foundation, the project found a massive untapped market of potential customers in urban Indonesia. Around 94 million Indonesians live without access to sanitation services and 22 million people—more than two and a half times the population of New York City.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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At Rio+20: Will the Realities and the Possibilities for BoP Housing Truly Be Addressed?
There is a vital need to embrace concepts that incorporate the needs of all stakeholders (particularly harnessing the voices of the BoP themselves) via housing models that can handle market immaturities whilst building both at the necessary scale and to globally recognized quality standards. Let´s discard with the concepts that only focus on the short- to medium-term and examine how it is genuinely possible to tackle the complexities of the sector.
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From the Front Lines: Thousands of Acres and Jobs – Building a Sustainable Banana Company in Mozambique
I have been focusing most of my time with TechnoServe on a new capital-raising initiative for a growth-oriented greenfield banana plantation. We are in the process of raising in excess of $30 million to plant over 3,000 hectares in the years ahead. The company, which could employ up to 4,000 workers, may grow to become one of the largest producers of bananas in the country.
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- Agriculture
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From Protection to Inclusion: Making the Shift to Cashless Payments Meaningful
All around the world, social protection is evolving into much more than a safety net for the poor. It is becoming a tool for financial inclusion and economic opportunity. On Tuesday (June 19) the New America Foundation and CGAP will host a live, Web-streamed event to launch the new Global Savings and Social Protection Website, as well as to discuss the greatest opportunities for promoting savings-linked social protection and payments around the developing world.
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