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US Foundation Endowments – A Missing Piece to Maximizing Impact
A handful of foundations leverage their shares in public equity investments to directly engage the companies they hold in their portfolios.
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- Impact Assessment
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Does India Need Its Own ‘Impact’ Investors?
Indian entrepreneurs complain that India’s venture capital scene, particularly for “impact” investments, is limited.
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- South Asia
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American Bankers Association and Operation HOPE to collaborate to maximize youth and adult empowerment
The American Bankers Association and Operation HOPE announced a new partnership to expand financial literacy empowerment, economic energy, and good credit for youth and adults over the next two years.
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Uganda accuses World Bank of aid blackmail
Uganda accused the World Bank of blackmail on Friday after the lender stalled a $90m loan over the east African nation’s adoption of a draconian anti-gay law.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mara Group’s Ashish Thakkar On What Investors Get Wrong About Africa
Thakkar spoke to IBTimes about his new venture, his business style, and what’s ahead for Africa -- a region set to grow at record rates in the next few years.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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NexThought Monday – Choosing Your End-Game : Alternatives to the fund-raising merry-go-round for impact-driven nonprofits
Nonprofits typically set out on the “elusive quest for scale” with a desire to have greater impact. Does this mean that a failure to achieve scale in funding implies a failure to achieve scale in impact? Yes and no. A new article shows several alternatives to the fund-raising merry-go-round for impact.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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Values-Based Investing Gaining Steam, Data Shows
The number of investment products focused on environmental, social and governance factors has risen steadily in the last seven years, according to data provided by Morningstar, climbing to 277 total funds as of Oct. 31, 2013, from 199 in 2007.
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Success in Impact Investing Through Policy Symbiosis
Some may be surprised to hear it, but impact investing would barely exist -- certainly not at its current, modest scale -- but for the support and partnership of government. Government is ubiquitous in all economies, to be sure. But in the types of underserved markets in which impact investors operate, the role of public policy is profound.
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