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How Do You Know If Aid Really Works? Turns Out … We Often Don’t
It seems like a no-brainer. Before you spend big bucks on a massive effort to improve life for the world's poorest — say, distributing millions of free bed nets against malarial mosquitoes, or offering thousands of women microloans as small as $200 to start small businesses — you should run a smaller scale test to make sure the idea actually works. After all, just because a project sounds good in theory doesn't mean it's going to pan out in practice.
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- Impact Assessment
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The $12 Trillion Opportunity Ripe for Investing Dollars: Advancing Gender Equality
On Saturday, more than three million people around the country — that’s one out of every 100 Americans — and upwards of another 250,000 people around the world marched in the name of gender equality. On Sunday, many of those same people woke up and asked, “What’s next?” Supporters have posted lists and guides for for the weeks and months ahead, but for those who might want to literally put their money where their mouths are, a new report from BNY Mellon and the United Nations Foundation serves as an alternative template. Its key suggestion: simultaneously accelerate progress and tap into a multi-trillion dollar opportunity by investing in companies that are gender-diverse, led by women, or providing services that help advance gender equality.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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US Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing Trends
US sustainable, responsible and impact (SRI) investing continues to expand. The total US-domiciled assets under management using SRI strategies grew from $6.57 trillion at the start of 2014 to $8.72 trillion at the start of 2016, an increase of 33 percent, as shown in Figure A. These assets now account for more than one out of every five dollars under professional management in the United States.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Family offices are far more active in impact investing than originally thought
According to legend, The Rockefeller Foundation coined the term ‘impact investing’ in 2007, putting a name to investments made with the intention of generating both financial return and social/environmental impact. Has the concept reached maturity nearly a decade later?
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Climate Ventures 2.0 Launches With $250K Available for Ag and Water System Resilience
GoodCompany Ventures is pleased to announce the public launch of Climate Ventures 2.0, a global accelerator focused on Agriculture and Water Systems Resilience, and its call for applications for $250,000 of GCV Impact Grants.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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George Soros, Mastercard to Partner to Aid Migrants, Refugees
Billionaire investor George Soros will partner with Mastercard Inc on a venture they said could help migrants, refugees and others struggling within their communities worldwide to improve their economic and social status.
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- Impact Assessment
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Investing For Impact: Recasting A Traditional Portfolio For Purpose & Profit
The prospect is as exhilarating as it is daunting: As much as $30 trillion is expected to pass from baby boomers to their heirs in North America over the next three or four decades, according to a report from Accenture.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- ESG
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Tej Kohli takes the wraps off his $25Mn tech-focused ‘Kohli Impact Investment Initiative’
Venture capitalist Tej Kohli, announced today about his newly formed Kohli Impact Investment Initiative, commencing with a hefty sum of $25 million. The Initiative is powered by Kohli’s family office, Kohli Ventures particularly targeted at attracting innovative and disruptive technologies.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- ESG, venture capital