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Bangladesh’s top MFIs widen areas of operation in the social sector
Top microfinance institutions (MFIs), besides their prime focus on microcredit, have widened their areas of services in various social sectors like education, health, agriculture and disaster management
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- South Asia
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- microfinance
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Socially Responsible Funds: Should You Bother?
On paper, socially responsible funds sound fantastic. You pick a cause, and fund managers funnel your money into companies that further that cause. Everybody wins.Yet while socially responsible funds may help idealistic investors sleep better at night, shareholders may not be getting their money's worth.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Big Investors and the Young Nudge Morgan Stanley Toward Sustainable Investing
Some of the biggest names in institutional finance are starting to bank on sustainability. Morgan Stanley this month announced a five-year goal of $10 billion in client assets for its “investing with impact” program, which offers investors a range of products targeting social responsibility and environmental sustainability.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Impact Investment Performance: Tiptoeing Toward Transparency
The recent release of details about the performance of several impact investment portfolios and funds is another step toward answering the question more and more investors are asking: Is impact a boost -- or a bust -- in terms of financial returns?
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing, research
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5 reasons impact investing is not for you
Seemingly simple and beneficial to all, impact investing is far more than simple philanthropy
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- Impact Assessment
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3 Ways That Business Can Alleviate Poverty
Business has become a dirty word. Doing business with the poor seems taboo, shocking, unthinkable. But what if business could improve the lives of the world's poorest people?
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- Impact Assessment
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A Merry-Go-Round That Turns The Power Of Play Into Electricity in rural Ghana
Empower Playgrounds is providing electricity-generating playground equipment to impoverished schools in rural Ghana.
- Categories
- Energy, Impact Assessment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa