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Blurring the Boundaries: How impact investing is shifting paradigms in the public, philanthropic and nonprofit sectors
As impact investing has grown, it has begun to reshape traditional approaches to financing socially focused initiatives – sometimes to the point where paradigms start to shift. In part two of his series on new frontiers in impact investing, William Burckart discusses the implications of these changes for the public, philanthropic and nonprofit sectors.
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- Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
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A Solution is Born: Student’s inflatable incubator design wins James Dyson Award, offers answers for developing world
A university class assignment results in a portable incubator that can be manufactured and delivered for about $400 U.S., doesn’t require electricity and includes a phototherapy light to help treat jaundice.
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Rational Exuberance: The momentum in impact investing is real – but so is the need for clarity about the changes (and challenges) underway
In spite of considerable progress in impact investing— and the staggering exuberance that’s been associated with it since it burst onto the stage— closer inspection reveals cause for serious concern in the sector. Bill Burckart details these challenges in the first post in a three-part series on the current state of impact investing, as it struggles to take the next step.
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- Education, Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
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Gates Goes in on Impact Investing: What the philanthropist’s investment in Unitus Seed Fund could mean for BoP investors
Acting as a private investor, Bill Gates has made a contribution to the Unitus Seed Fund, which provides venture capital to base of the pyramid businesses in India. Beyond the immediate benefit, the personal investment from Gates could be a shot in the arm for impact investing.
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The India Sterilization Tragedy: Highlighting the need for better choices, safer procedures
There is very little attention being paid to a clear, immediate reason for the danger of these sterilization procedures in India – use of un-sterilized surgical equipment.
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NexThought Monday – Mobile Money Interoperability is Not a Silver Bullet for Financial Inclusion
Interoperability between mobile money operators is a hot topic right now. Various stakeholders have placed it at the top of their agenda, hoping it will prove to be a key to increasing mobile money adoption and advancing financial inclusion. But though interoperability can undoubtedly help extend the reach of mobile money, Selma Ribica of Vodafone Group argues that it can also pose significant risks.
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Twitter Top Ten – 11/16/14: Our favorite tweets of the week
After a successful pilot period, our Twitter Top Ten makes its debut today as a permanent feature, with ten great tweets selected by NextBillion’s editorial staff. Thank you to everyone who’s provided feedback, encouragement and retweets to this feature - we’re glad the response has been so positive.
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Weekly Roundup 11-15-14: New worries about India being the ‘pharmacy of the developing world’
India is known as the “pharmacy of the developing world." That’s why it was so scary to learn this week that tainted medicines might have been behind the botched government-run sterilizations there. We discuss that story, and other global health developments, in this Roundup.
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