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Thomson Reuters release Islamic Social Finance Report
Thomson Reuters has released the Islamic Social Finance Report 2014 in collaboration with the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group.
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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Microfinance 2.0: Different Methodology Could Reshape Industry
A recent paper published by Harvard Business School and EY advocates for taking a more scientific approach to evaluating the impacts of microfinance programs.
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- Impact Assessment
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Impact Investing for the Average American
Impact investing has become a buzz word in social enterprise circles but, even today, opportunities to invest are hardly accessible to the average American. Barriers include protective federal regulations as well as the inability to reach scale.
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- Impact Assessment
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Financing Sustainable Fisheries With Impact Investments
What’s good for the fish is good for the fishing communities — and for impact investors. That’s the thesis of three new vehicles for investing in sustainable fisheries that will be tested in the Philippines, Chile, and Brazil over the next two years and then offered to investors more broadly.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Latin America: Social Impact Investment Grows
In Latin America, there is clear need to promote entrepreneurship that seeks both economic return as well as social impact.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Catalyzing Impact Investments Through Coordinated Grantmaking
In an increasingly resource-constrained world, the ability to drive more impact investments into the communities and issues we care about is imperative
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- Impact Assessment
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Aavishkar Hopes to Close $75 M Frontier Fund, Take Impact Investing Model Beyond India
Set to take its impact investing model to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Pakistan
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- South Asia
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B Lab Just Announced its B Corp Best for the World List
The list includes 92 social enterprises creating the most positive overall social and environmental impact of the almost 1,000 certified B Corporations in operation.
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- Impact Assessment