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In Market Dynamics, Creativity Matters: Global organizations using a variety of interventions to leverage their work
R4D’s market dynamics team works to align the needs of manufacturers, countries, financiers and regulators. The goal is to ensure that the most marginalized populations have reliable, high-quality, affordable access to products such as HIV/AIDS treatment, neglected diseases drugs and sanitation technologies.
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Africa: Private Capital Fuels Power Production – U.S. Energy Secretary Moniz
The theme of the energy ministerial is 'Catalyzing Sustainable Energy Growth in Africa'. The 'Electrify Africa' legislation sponsored by Republican Representative Ed Royce, with 117 bipartisan cosponsors, calls for a comprehensive U.S. policy to promote more access to electricity across Africa. It passed the U.S. House of Representatives on 8 May and now goes to the Senate for consideration. What can you tell us about it?
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How a Blended Model Can Solve Some Market Failures (Part 2): Gradian Finds a Way to Scale Anesthesia Machines According to Demand
Like a traditional business, Gradian spends money on market creation for its anesthesia machine. Unlike a traditional business, however, the company doesn’t expect to recoup that cost; it’s paid for with philanthropic funding so Gradian can offer the machine at as low a cost as possible.
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Global health: Deadly dinners
Polluting biomass stoves, used by one-third of the global population, take a terrible toll. But efforts to clean them up are failing.
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How a Blended Model Can Solve Some Market Failures (Part 1): Foundation-owned social enterprise combines features of philanthropy, business
Medical equipment manufacturers face challenges selling in low-income countries. That led Gradian Health Systems to adopt a foundation-owned social enterprise model, allowing it to function as both a commercial entity and a nonprofit.
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Chilasa Invests in Indian green building products manufacturer Ecoway Bricks
Chilasa Venture Philanthropy, a pioneer in small enterprise growth in poor communities, today announced a new investment to support the expansion of Ecoway Bricks PVT LTD, a manufacturer of environmental building products made from rice husk ash.
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The Next Generation of Impact Investors: How millennials will shape the future of the sector
A recent ImpactAssets report explores how the millennial worldview influences the financial strategies of the next generation of investors. It draws on a variety of research as well as insight from investors. Report co-author Lindsay Norcott interviews one of those investors, Michael Sidgmore, founder of NextGenEngage and VP, Investor Network at iCapital Network.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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Tool built to help pick Sustainable Development Goals
A tool designed to help policymakers choose the best Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to replace the UN’s Millennium Development Goals when they expire next year has been launched by an international organisation that promotes global sustainable development.
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