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Viewpoint: Impact Investing As A Poverty Solution: The Case For Patient Pessimism
Based on my experience over the last 50 years in poverty reduction in the developing countries, the high expectations of impact investment are at best unreasonable.
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Viewpoint: ‘Impact Investment’ Funds Advertise Great Returns and Social Impacts. They Aren’t Delivering.
Socially responsible investment is a $12 trillion industry. Does it make the world better? Probably not.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Viewpoint: How Socially Responsible Investing Lost Its Soul
ESG funds that promise to align your money with your values are often more marketing than science.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Matt Damon’s Water Charity Takes Impact Investing Plunge
Water.org, the nonprofit resulting from the 2009 merger of Matt Damon’s H2O Africa and Gary White’s WaterPartners, has completed an $11 million impact investing pilot project and has already closed on $33 million in a new fund that they hope will reach $50 million.
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- Environment, Investing
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As Impact Investors We Often Miss One Thing: Who Has the Power?
Impact investors are rightly focused on the social impact of the businesses they invest in. But they often overlook a fundamental question: How does the enterprise localize power? Galen Welsch, co-founder of Jibu, explores why the need to empower local markets should be at the core of social business and investing decisions.
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Viewpoint: The One Thing That Might Make Impact Investing Catch On
Investors are hungry for data on impact funds — and a group of managers is working hard to gather and crunch information.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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As Money Moves Offshore, New Questions About How Foundations Invest Their Assets
Throughout philanthropy’s history, it’s drawn intermittent waves of intense criticism, and it certainly feels like we’re heading into one now. Outrage over wealth accumulation, an unbridled tech industry, money in politics and more is inspiring healthy scrutiny from many directions (including us).
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- philanthropy, research
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Canada finally gets into the development finance game — will it work?
FinDev Canada, Canada’s development finance institution (DFI), was launched earlier this year, and has pledged to invest $300 million over five years. Canada is the last G7 country to create a DFI.
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- Investing
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- North Africa & Near East
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