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Toms sets out to sell a lifestyle, not just shoes
Founder Blake Mycoskie has set out to save the world with his "one-for-one" tagline. His critics say that giving alone doesn't solve a thing.
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Q&A: Impact Assessment Key in Rural Development Projects
Marianela Jarroud interviews Eduardo Ramírez, Latin American Centre for Rural Development researcher
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- Impact Assessment
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Impact Investing: Lots of Interest, but Where’s the Big Money?
Categories too risky for many investors include women entrepreneurs and agricultural businesses
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Secret Social Entrepreneur | It’s not just markets; you must meet needs
Our secret social entrepreneur questions why people join the sector. What takes precedence: profitability or social impact?
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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India needs to show the world it respects intellectual property rights: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
India needs to show the world that it respects intellectual property rights if it wants global pharmaceutical firms to invest in India, according to Biocon Chairman and Managing Director Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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Building the Evidence Base for SGBs: ANDE hosts 5th Metrics from the Ground Up Conference
In 2009, ANDE hosted the first Metrics from the Ground Up conference in partnership with the Grassroots Business Fund. This event dedicated two days to the discussion of impact measurement, bringing together data wonks, evaluation specialists, technology gurus, and SGB sector practitioners - the whole ecosystem of people we needed to start building intelligence on the sector. Fast-forward four years, and ANDE is planning to host its fifth Metrics from the Ground Up conference on June 12-13.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Social investment needs investees, not just investors
Cabinet office backs new network to improve the reach and quality of support for early-stage social entrepreneurs
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- Impact Assessment
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Unfinished Business
Winston Churchill said it best when he concluded, "democracy is the worst form of government ....except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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