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The Rise of Social Entrepreneurship in B-Schools in Three Charts
Twenty years ago, on two different business school campuses a continent away, the seeds of social entrepreneurship were planted.
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TriLinc Global Launches $1.5 Billion Impact Investment Fund
TriLinc Global Impact Fund ("TriLinc") announced today that its registration statement pertaining to its public offering of up to $1.5 billion in units of limited liability company interest was declared effective by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").
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GlaxoSmithKline unit joins patent pool for AIDS drugs
GlaxoSmithKline's HIV/AIDS drugs business is to share intellectual property rights on children's medicine in a patent pool designed to make treatments more widely available in poor countries.
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U.S. Cuts to Global Health Budget “Mass-scale Malpractice”
Public health workers, activists and policymakers are stepping up a last-minute campaign to highlight the global health impact of historic, sweeping cuts to the U.S. federal budget due to go into effect Friday if Congress doesn’t act.
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What the NHS can learn from innovative healthcare practices abroad
From clinical services to specialised care, there are many models of affordable healthcare.
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Afghan Girls Give More Than Their Hands in Marriage
In Afghanistan, the maternal mortality rate is on the rise; hospitals are filling up with anaemic women and girls; and in over 200 districts, high schools are devoid of even a single female pupil.
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5 Lessons Between Tech and Social Entrepreneurship
My company, Smallknot, is propelled by a dash of rage and a spoonful of optimism.
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Impact Investing Gets a University Center
More proof impact investing is entering the mainstream: the announcement of a $13 million university center devoted to it.
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