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Launch of DBS-NUS Social Venture Challenge Asia 2015
Into its second year, the DBS-NUS Social Venture Challenge Asia (SVC Asia) is offering SGD 150,000 of seed fund to the winners of the challenge, in commemoration of Singapore’s 50th year of independence. The increased funding, from last year’s SGD 55,000, also encourages participants to submit ideas that demonstrate greater scalability and potential for sustainable social impact.
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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Roundup 1/17/15 – Superman, Robin Hood and Stock Trading: Should the U.S. impose a financial transaction tax?
In the film Superman III, a computer programmer embezzles huge sums from his employer’s payroll by diverting small amounts from each check into his account. Unbeknownst to many, high frequency stock traders in the U.S. and other countries use a similar technique - legally. But if Congress passes a recent proposal for a financial transaction tax, the practice would end. We discuss the implications in this Roundup.
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Viewpoint: Capacity: The Philanthropy Buzzword For 2015 That’s Missing
In many ways, these are changing times in U.S. philanthropy. The emphasis on data and measuring impact more closely, pushing for scale and large-scale solutions, social investing and performance metrics, crowd-funding and digital networks has created the sense that the social sector – and nonprofits along with it – has reached an inflection point that may soon fundamentally shift the way funds are raised and spent on causes and social change.
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- Impact Assessment
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- philanthropy
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PRESS RELEASE: Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) Names Amit Bouri as New CEO
New leadership seeks to usher in next phase of stakeholder mobilization and market innovation tomature the impact investing industry
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- Impact Assessment
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New One-Stop Resource Centre for Social Enterprises to Be Launched
Instead of seeking help at multiple locations, social enterprises will be able to go to a new one-stop resource centre to be launched in the second quarter of the year. Social enterprises are businesses with a social mission.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Asia Pacific
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Haiti: Business, Not Charity, Is the Key to a Better Future
Five years after the big earthquake, Elizabeth Schaeffer Brown’s attempts to help Haitians secure a prosperous future have taught her that philanthropy simply isn’t enough.
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Who Asks the Question May be as Important as the Question Itself: When the surveyed become the surveyors, monitoring and evaluation becomes localized
With Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) moving into the mainstream of the development industry, it’s time for NGOs to start documenting their programs in deeper ways. One way to do that, according to Semilla Nueva, is to localize the process.
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- Agriculture, Impact Assessment
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The Real Magic of Carpets: Transforming 28,000 Lives With $200
One man’s idea to double salaries and let artisans work from home has created a positive ripple effect across five states in India.
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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