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Omidyar Network Backs Two More Indian Firms
Omidyar Network started funding projects in India about two years ago with plans to invest up to $200 million in five years
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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Growth Busts Poverty
Poverty estimates between 2004-05 and 2009-10 show a sharp reduction in the absolute number of the poor by 52.5 million to 354.7 million.
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- South Asia
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One Acre Fund Helps Africa’s Small Farmers Keep in Their Fields
The One Acre Fund provides access to microloans, training, insurance, and other hard-to-get help that boosts farmers' incomes and curbs flight from farms into cities.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- microfinance
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Economists Demonstrate One Size Does Not Fit All for Microfinance Programs
New Study Reveals Wide Variance in Results from Thai Million Baht Village FundLarge-scale microfinance programs are widely used as a tool to fight poverty in developing countries, but a recent study from the Consortium on Financial Systems and Poverty suggests that they can have varying results for participants and may be the most cost-effective use of funds only in limited situations.
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- Uncategorized
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- Asia Pacific
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Is India Misrepresenting Its Poverty Numbers?
India’s poverty figures fluctuate wildly, anywhere from 300 million people to 800 million people, depending on whom you ask.
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- South Asia
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GroFin Expands Pool of SME Funding to $323 million, Enters Three New Countries
GroFin, the multinational pioneer of growth finance working to create real impact through the support of small and medium businesses, has announced a growth in funds under management from $260 million to $323 million.
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- Press Release
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- Impact Assessment
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- North Africa & Near East
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A Changing Innovation Landscape
At a time when the global economy continues to be in a state of flux and the emerging economies are also beginning to feel the impact of this uncertainty, my mind races to the proverbial thought of viewing the glass as half empty or half full. I choose the latter.
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- Impact Assessment
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Journeys for Change, Sankalp Forum Organizes Mumbai Social Enterprise Journey
The Journeys for Change / Sankalp Journey is a unique 3-day immersive journey, from 8-11 April 2012, to visit some of Mumbai's most exciting social enterprises, designed to help participants create greater profit and impact in their work.The journey will incorporate site visits to meet a variety of Mumbai-based social enterprises – businesses whose purpose is to create both profit and impact. Participants will meet the founders of the enterprises, their staff and beneficiaries; will debate and reflect with their fellow participants; and will get unique access to some of the key figures in the social enterprise world in Mumbai.The journey will also include a private dinner with Vineet Rai, founder of Aavishkaar and Intellecap and entrance into the Sankalp Summit, which starts directly after the experience.
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