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Why Is Financial Inclusion so High on the Development Agenda?
There are several clear reasons why the development community views financial inclusion as an important ingredient for economic and social progress.
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- Impact Assessment
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Who cares about socially responsible retirement plans?
Study results and a new tool to screen mutual funds for fossil fuels.
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- impact investing
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Kresge Steps Up Social Investment Strategy, Commits to Invest $350 Million by 2020
The Kresge Foundation's board of trustees has stepped up its social investment plans with a commitment to invest $350 million, or 10 percent of the value of its endowment, in socially beneficial efforts by 2020.
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Women-Focused Funds Make Money, Create Controversy
Jason Baron uses an unusual metric for sizing up stocks: women. From his perch at U.S. Trust in Boston, Baron works in a small but growing part of the money-management business that’s trying to sell the idea that when it comes to investing, gender pays.
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Investors Avoid Impact Investing Due to Complexity, Says Barclays
Investors are avoiding putting money in projects that deliver financial returns while having a positive social or environmental impact because they believe they are too complex, according to research.
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$30 Million Committed to Australian Impact Investment Fund
Superannuation fund HESTA has committed $30 million to create an impact investment fund managed by Social Ventures Australia, which is said to be the single largest investment of its kind in Australia to date.
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The Social Entrepreneur Interview Series: Meet Jennifer Nantale of Nyaka
Every day, social entrepreneurs from around the world are seizing opportunities others miss to improve broken systems, innovate and develop solutions to change society for the better. Over the past few months, I've traveled to India, Brazil, Southeast Asia, East Africa, Western Europe and the U.S. to visit 50 NGOs and social enterprises with my team at Epic Foundation.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Big Data in the Backroads of Africa Will Help Feed the Hungry
To do good, gathering donations from good-hearted people isn’t enough. The most efficient and effective way to bring about positive change is through business, partnering the profit motive with a project that helps improve lives.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa