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US to partner India in ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign
Taking the US-India joint statement forward, USAID chief Rajiv Shah announced three partnership projects with India on areas close to PM Narendra Modi's heart — "strengthen water and sanitation, expand access to clean energy and increase access to banking services for poor Indians".
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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Facebook adds button designed to make it easier for users to donate to charities battling Ebola
Facebook is stepping up its efforts to fight Ebola by adding a button designed to make it easier for its users to donate to charities battling the disease.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- philanthropy
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PRESS RELEASE: First-of-Its-Kind Survey Finds $23 Billion Global Market for Conservation Investing
The first-ever survey of conservation impact investing reveals a fast-growing market totaling approximately $23 billion in the five-year period from 2009-2013.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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PRESS RELEASE: China enters the era of social impact investing
The 13th Social Enterprise Conference at Columbia Business School was on October 31st. The results of a study on social impact investing in China were released for the first time in history. It is the first time that China has formally dispatched a group to attend a social enterprise conference at Columbia University
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- Impact Assessment
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- Asia Pacific
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- impact investing
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NexThought Monday – Impact White Washing?: When any deal in a developing country with a few generic metrics can be considered impactful
Max Pichulik, who runs an investment accelerator in South Africa, argues that it is way too easy for fund managers to declare themselves as impact investors. Unless we ensure meaningful rating systems, provide adequate education to the marketplace and have clear safeguards in place, Pichulik says that impact investors run the risk of placing capital with marginal impact.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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PRESS RELEASE: Impact Accelerator launched in the Philippines
MANILA, Philippines — Impact Investment Exchange Asia has launched its first Impact Accelerator program in the Philippines, an intensive in-country program designed to accelerate early-stage social enterprises that have high potentials to create positive social and environmental impact at scale.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Asia Pacific
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Weekly Roundup – 11/1/14: Apple Pay is here – should low-income consumers care?
As you may have heard, Apple recently launched a mobile payment app in the U.S. Within three days, it had become the top mobile wallet in the country - and sparked some surprising resistance. We discuss the implications for low-income consumers in the U.S. and emerging markets, along with some good news in global development, in this Roundup.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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MBAs Drive Social Impact In Corporate Venture Capital Funds
Business school graduates are pioneering corporate venturing – venture capital funds run inside large companies that invest in social enterprises.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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