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Catalyzing Impact Investments Through Coordinated Grantmaking
In an increasingly resource-constrained world, the ability to drive more impact investments into the communities and issues we care about is imperative
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- Impact Assessment
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Aavishkar Hopes to Close $75 M Frontier Fund, Take Impact Investing Model Beyond India
Set to take its impact investing model to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Pakistan
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- South Asia
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B Lab Just Announced its B Corp Best for the World List
The list includes 92 social enterprises creating the most positive overall social and environmental impact of the almost 1,000 certified B Corporations in operation.
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- Impact Assessment
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Ladies First: Investing in women-owned SMEs
It pays to invest in women, in more ways than one. Increasing women’s incomes improves countries’ human development indicators and raises their per capita income. Research also indicates that women-owned SMEs have higher repayment rates. Tara Sabre Collier explores ways to better synergize impact investing and women’s economic empowerment.
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- Impact Assessment
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Decade after debt relief, Africa’s rush to borrow stirs concern
NEARLY a decade after Nelson Mandela and anti-poverty activists Bono and Bob Geldof persuaded the rich world to forgive Africa’s crushing debts, many countries’ debt levels are creeping up again, which could undermine the region’s growth boom.
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- Impact Assessment
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- governance, lending
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Pitching Investors in Global Health: Funding Lessons From Social Entrepreneurs
Over the past decade, business models serving the base of the pyramid (BOP) customers have attracted increased attention. At the same time, major development agencies and foundations have identified the public health segments of the Millennium Development Goals as priorities and have expanded programs to support and encourage innovation in health care for low- and middle-income communities around the world.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Sustainable Investing Comes of Age in South Africa
In recent years, the idea of analysing companies using more than just financial indicators has moved into the mainstream.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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(With Video) Beyond the Prototype: Wello’s CEO on product design, understanding customers and advice for social entrepreneurs
Cynthia Koenig, CEO of Wello, whose flagship product is a rolling water tank, advises against getting too reliant on a series of check boxes when it comes to measuring impact. In a video interview with NB, she talks about prototyping the next generation of the device, designed for BoP customers.
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- Education, Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
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