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Social Impact Bonds for Factories in Bangladesh
2013 Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, where nearly 1,200 garment workers lost their lives from a factory collapse, are wrestling with a critical question: Who should pay for the work needed to ensure basic factory safety standards in Bangladesh?
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- Finance, Impact Assessment
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Bumps and Slowdowns in UK Social Impact Bonds
At a recent program of Georgetown Law School and Independent Sector on the for-profit social enterprise dynamic in the U.S., the gap between the hype and the reality of social impact bonds was evident
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- Finance
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Habitat for Humanity launches housing micro-credit in Costa Rica
Poor would-be homeowners will have the chance to remodel or build their own homes in a housing market that skews toward the rich.
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- Finance
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- housing, human rights, microfinance
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Habitat for Humanity and the Citi Foundation Unveil Housing Microfinance Toolkit
Habitat for Humanity and the Citi Foundation announced the publication of a new toolkit designed to provide technical training and tools to encourage microfinance institutions to include or enhance housing microfinance products in their portfolios. The Housing Microfinance: Product Development Toolkit is intended to influence the $60 billion global microfinance sector, resulting in small, affordable loans that low-income families can use to improve their housing incrementally.
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- Finance
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- housing, microfinance
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Habitat for Humanity Canada and The MasterCard Foundation partner to expand access to housing microfinance in Africa
ACCRA, Ghana, Oct. 1, 2012 /CNW/ - Habitat for Humanity Canada, Habitat for Humanity International (collectively "Habitat") and The MasterCard Foundation today announced the launch of a $6.6 million, five-year partnership to expand microfinance services to maintain and improve homes for disadvantaged families in three African countries.
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- Finance
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- housing, microfinance
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12,000 Nicaraguan Families to Benefit From Improved Housing Conditions
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a loan of up to $5 million to Nicaragua’s Foundation for the Promotion of Local Development (Prodel), paving the way for the non-profit organization serving the base of the pyramid to expand financing for basic community infrastructure and incremental home improvement projects.
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- Finance
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- housing, microfinance
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What Are Social-Impact Bonds?
By DAVID LEONHARDT My column this week describes a new strategy for improving the performance of government programs. In short, private investors - typically foundations - pay the costs of a new program in its early years, and the government later repays the investors,...
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- Finance
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- impact bonds
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IFC Sharpens Focus on Affordable Housing, Housing Finance in India
The FINANCIAL -- IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is working with key stakeholders including government, regulatory bodies, private sector developers, and financiers to help make affordable housing available for low- and middle-income populations in India. "As part of this initiative, National Housing ...
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- Finance
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- housing
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