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So You Want to Work in the Impact Business Space … But Aren’t Sure How to Go About It: Start by asking yourself these three questions
"How do I prepare myself to enter an industry that I don’t know so much about? Who do I talk to? What should I research? Where do I find jobs? Who are they looking for?" Over the course of the last 7 years, edge has been working towards bringing together the right talent to social enterprises. In that time we’ve collected a couple of tips that you are likely to find useful.
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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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Mobile Money Movers – Part 4: An interview with Greg Chen, Senior Financial Sector Specialist at CGAP
In Part 4 of our Mobile Money Movers series, Mercy Corps’ Kyla Yeoman and Greg Chen, Senior Financial Sector Specialist at CGAP, discuss the benefits of moving toward a cashless society, and the ways that financial service providers are using technology and innovation to onboard (and maintain) new clients and increase uptake among the unbanked.
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- Finance
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Let Me Keep My Cash: The challenge of digitizing wages in Bangladesh’s garment sector
In the search for ways to jump-start the use of electronic money, some proponents are focusing on the digitization of wage and salary payments. But InterMedia’s latest research in Bangladesh suggests that convincing workers to embrace cashless payments may not be a slam-dunk.
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Will Health Benefit From India’s New CSR Rules?: Impact of the new law, which kicks in April 1, still being debated
“Social business projects” are encouraged under India’s new corporate social responsibility laws, and that bodes well for social entrepreneurs and anyone wanting to innovate in trying to reach people at the Bottom of the Pyramid.
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Social Innovation and the Colombian Government
He says Columbia has the highest incidence of poverty and extreme poverty when compared to countries with a similar medium income according to GDP per capita. He sees public-private collaborations for social innovation as the answer.
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- Impact Assessment
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Crowdfunding, Smartphones and Bitcoin, Oh My…: Seven financial innovation questions that could shape 2014
2013 was a momentous – perhaps even an historic – year for financial innovation and inclusion, and it has left us primed for a fascinating 2014. Here are seven questions raised by some of 2013’s biggest developments that could resonate in the coming year and beyond.
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Designed to Arrive Early: How we can save the lives of millions of children
To save children’s lives in the world’s poorest communities, we need to break free from the current reactive model for healthcare delivery. We need to reach our patients earlier.
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- Education, Health Care
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