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M-Kopa Solar Powers Up 100,000th Home in East Africa
M-KOPA Solar announced on Friday that it has powered up to 100,000 homes in Kenya and Uganda within two years of its commercial launch.
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- Energy, Environment, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- solar
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Keeping Up With Education Innovations: New portals provide insight into growing number of programs serving the world’s poor
The Center for Education Innovations has introduced new portals, organized by topic and country, to provide analysis, news and resources about the growing number of innovative education programs serving the world’s poor.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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An Interview With Muhammad Yunus: The Godfather of Microcredit Shares His Views – And Concerns – About the Sector
Though he’s a tireless promoter of microcredit’s potential to help the poor, Muhammad Yunus hasn’t been shy in voicing his criticisms of its embrace of commercialism. In a video Q&A with NextBillion Financial Innovation – the first in a series of conversations with microfinance thought leaders – Yunus discusses his concerns about the industry’s direction, and points to ways it could improve.
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- Impact Assessment
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To Grow Impact Investing, Focus on Multilingual Leadership
September 15, 2014, will be remembered for the release of a seminal report on impact investing, care of an international taskforce backed by eight country advisory boards and four topical working groups.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Impact Data Goes Lean: Simple measurement tool lets company know if it’s meeting its social mission
Acumen and Grameen helped Ziqitza, an ambulance company in India, use a simple survey tool to determine if it was meeting its social mission. The project lends credence to the idea that impact measurement can be shifted from a burden to a benefit.
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- Education, Health Care, Impact Assessment
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PRESS RELEASE: Social value networks join up to create ‘international force for change’
Two of the most established and respected social impact organisations are joining forces to create the largest international social value network in the world.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Morgan Stanley Adds ‘Impact’ Portfolios in Brokerage
Morgan Stanley (MS), which has set a goal of attracting $10 billion of client assets to sustainable investing products over the next few years, is adding two such portfolios for its wealth-management customers.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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The Eternal Struggle of Microfinance: The Microcredit Summit raised questions about the sector’s future – but does anyone have an answer?
As last week’s Microcredit Summit wrapped up in Mexico, the topics of over-indebtedness and high interest rates reared their ugly heads. The final day served up a riveting debate that pitted a representative of a Mexican microfinance network against one of the sector’s most vocal critics. The questions raised were crucial to the future of microfinance - but the answers remain elusive.
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- Impact Assessment
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