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How Do You Measure the Bottom Line for Impact Investing?
Since 1993, when I was at the Yale School of Management, to my work with the Calvert Funds and Foundation and now with my company Honest Tea, I’ve been a part of hundreds of discussions and debates about how to evaluate the return on an impact investment.
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- Impact Assessment
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Investing in Private Health Care for All in India
India is in the midst of the world's largest experiment in democratic elections, with more than 800 million people eligible to vote in its current parliamentary elections.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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Social Enterprises in India Received $1.6 B in 14 years
Of the USD 1.6 billion invested in the country since 2000, USD 435 million was made by dedicated impact investors like Aavishkar, Omidyar Network among others, the report by social advisory firm Intellecap said.
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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OPINION: Microfinance institutions cannot end mass poverty in Uganda
Microfinance institutions in Uganda have over time increased especially after the liberalisation of the economy in the 1990s. Since independence, the government has initiated credit funding, anticipating a significant reduction in household poverty. However, recent studies indicate that poverty is more of a socio-cultural problem that manifests itself economically to its victims.
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- Impact Assessment
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Tanzania: Microinsurance Must Be Promoted Aggressively
TANZANIA is currently working on the best approach to increase the micro insurance coverage so that low income earners can easily access it as well as other financial services.
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- Impact Assessment
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SOURCE Initiative Links Entrepreneurs and Investors to Bolster Businesses that Benefit Low-Wealth Americans
A new initiative that discovers business solutions to social issues by linking entrepreneurs with investment capital and mentoring was announced today by The Hitachi Foundation, Village Capital, and Investors' Circle.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Building the Impact Investing Market in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
The impact investment market is extremely diverse and the DFID Impact Fund is distinctive
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- Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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Corporate Social Responsibility is About Looking at Problems as Opportunities
Eggers says if a firm uses CSR activities to also promote its business, it should be applauded and not frowned upon
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- Impact Assessment