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Emerson on Impact Investing: Passionately Pragmatic!
As creator of the blended-value concept, Jed Emerson has made significant contributions to the way impact investing is being discussed around the globe. In our conversation, Emerson shared his passionate yet pragmatic thinking about the status quo of impact investing, where he sees its risks and how to unleash billions of dollars in social capital.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Beyond BASE: The Needs Are Here Now, So Are the Markets
The Inter-American Development Bank’s Opportunities for the Majority Initiative recently held its first international event on Business at the Base of the Pyramid. BoP "thought" history was made as business leaders from across Latin America mixed with NGOs, think tanks, consulting firms and other players. Here just a few themes that emerged.
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- Impact Assessment
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NexThought Monday: How to Eat Your Chocolate and Advance Development, Too
According to Global Financial Integrity, developing countries lost billions per year from 2000 to 2008 in money that is illegally earned, transferred or utilized, with a large portion coming from conflict cocoa. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was a way to stop or limit funding conflict while eating chocolate too? Well, there is.
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- Agriculture, Impact Assessment
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Striking a Balance: GIIN Leader On Impact Investment’s Role, Critics and Future
Not every investment is an impact investment; not every enterprise can (or should) be funded by impact investors. In our interview, Amit Bouri, Director of Strategy and Development at the Global Impact Investing Network, defines impact investing, discusses its role in the sector, responds to recent criticism of the field and charts a path forward.
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- Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
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- impact investing
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Taking the Plunge: ’Journeys for Change’ Dive Into India’s Social Enterprise World
Journeys for Change is no hectic commercial tour. Rather, it’s more of a pilgrimage. Over the course of nine days, Journeys for Change connects you with real people implementing real change with well-functioning models. You will slow down, reflect, and become more grounded in the realities of the field-and the possibilities in store.
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- Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
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Recap from ANDE Metrics from the Ground Up Conference
The future of metrics is unfolding at ANDE. As an attendee of their third metrics conference, I can say it has been fascinating to observe how the metrics conversation has changed and the progress that has been made. Read on for a recap of some of these exciting developments and a look towards new work that is underway.
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- Impact Assessment
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Telenor’s Easypaisa Penetrating Pakistan’s Poor, Unbanked Populations
Since Pakistan mobile operator Telenor launched Easypaisa in October 2009, it’s seen rapid adoption. In March 2011, 1.3 million customers processed 1.9 million Easypaisa transactions and $39.2 million in transaction flows. Easypaisa has conducted more transactions in its first 18 months than any mobile money deployment except M-PESA.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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Examining Poverty Footprints and Partnerships
In March, Oxfam America in partnership with the Coca-Cola Company and SABMiller released a report on their shared poverty footprint and value chain analysis work. This new report highlights the impacts Coca-Cola and SABMiller are making on poverty within El Salvador and Zambia, and also reveals opportunities for improvement.
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- Impact Assessment
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