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‘Inequality Limits Growth … and You Get What You Incent’: Takeaways from Day 1 of the SEEP Network’s Annual Conference
SEEP’s 2016 conference, themed “Expanding Market Frontiers,” continues today in Washington, D.C. NextBillion editor Kyle Poplin is there, and he compiled some of the things he found most interesting during Tuesday’s sessions.
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- Social Enterprise
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Our Full Slate of Videos with Impact Investing Thought Leaders from SOCAP16
The Social Capital Markets Conference (SOCAP) for 2016 is a wrap. But if you missed any of our live one-on-one interviews with some of the newsmakers and trendsetters, we've got you covered. Here, in reverse chronological order, is our full lineup of Facebook Live interviews from last week.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing, Social Enterprise
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- impact investing
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Fighting Poverty Through … Car Title Loans? A Q&A with Finova CEO Greg Keough
The words "car title loan" are usually associated with cycles of debt and repossessed vehicles rather than any positive social impact. But Finova, a Florida-based startup, hopes to change that image and disrupt the $5.3 billion emergency cash lending industry by providing un- and under-banked people in the U.S. with access to fairly priced loans, while improving their credit scores and helping them get out of debt. We spoke with Greg Keough, Finova's CEO, in this Q&A.
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Eight Principles for Digital Payments in Humanitarian Response
Recognizing both the practical challenges to using locally available digital payment services and the powerful opportunity to leverage humanitarian spending to build inclusive, lasting financial infrastructure, 24 public, multilateral and nongovernmental organizations met in Barcelona earlier this year and developed eight principles for digital payments in humanitarian response.
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Weekly Roundup: Hippies vs. Capitalists at SOCAP, Data (and Honors) for Social Entrepreneurs and a ‘What’ for WHO
We're betting that, even if you're a social entrepreneur, the new Thomson Reuters Foundation poll about your profession contains information you didn't know. Read more about the poll in this week's Roundup, along with “the most effective social entrepreneurs on the planet”; advice for WHO; and some final thoughts from SOCAP.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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- impact investing
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Live from SOCAP, Thursday
A recap of Day 3 at SOCAP16, with more Facebook Live interviews and an inside look at some interesting conversations about terminology and trust.
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- Social Enterprise
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Live from SOCAP, Wednesday
Team NextBillion – Scott Anderson and James Militzer – is reporting from SOCAP16 in San Francisco, conducing a series of Facebook Live interviews, attending sessions and meeting some of the many "doers" in attendance at the world’s largest conference on social enterprise and impact investing.
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- Social Enterprise
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Implementing Market Systems Programs in Fragile Contexts
Many farmers operating in a market system broken by conflict have been propped up by global humanitarian efforts. However, Andy Hunter, a market systems practitioner, says that replacing essential commercial services with donor-funded direct delivery options is a market distortion that ultimately ensures a complete collapse of a functional market system.
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- Agriculture
