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Goldman Sachs In Jail: Why Is Big Money Moving Into Social Impact Bonds?
The so-called "social-impact bond" investment at Rikers Island prison, the first of its kind for an American city, means any potential return for Goldman hinges on the success of a program that will educate, train and counsel inmates aged between 16 and 18.
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University Impact Fund Receives $100,000 Grant from Sorenson Impact Foundation
SALT LAKE CITY, Jul 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --Sorenson Impact Foundation Founder James Lee Sorenson is a Champion of Social Entrepreneurship. The University Impact Fund (UIF) today announced the receipt of a $100,000 grant from the Sorenson Impact Foundation, which will go towards improving operations and strengthening the program.
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Digital Money, Mobile Wallets and Latin America
A recent wave of global and regional announcements regarding mobile wallets and payment systems has casual and close followers alike asking some the same questions.
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- Latin America
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Building a New Pyramid
Today, more than a year after the downfall of the Mubarak regime, Egypt needs to build a new pyramid -- a huge task involving parallel processes of political, economic and social reform. It needs leadership that can inspire the nation. Can Egypt find the leadership it needs?
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- North Africa & Near East
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Is Wall Street a Good Training Ground for Social Entrepreneurs?
Luanne Zurlo is the founder of Worldfund, an organization dedicated to improving education in Latin American countries. We recently featured one of her collaborations with the Rassias Center for language. Here we return to Luanne to learn more about her, and about her involvement in this organization that facilitates the education of so many Latin Americans.
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$627M to fund anti-poverty program in 2013
The government will roll out a $627-million poverty-alleviation program in rural areas by August next year. Dubbed as the Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP), the government will seek a loan of $500 million from the World Bank to fund the initiative.
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A promising strategy for SA’s development
By focusing on key sectors, government believes it can reduce unemployment from 25% to 15% by 2020. The priority sectors are infrastructure development, agriculture, mining, manufacturing, the “green” economy, and tourism — as identified in the November 2010 New Growth Path.
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America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs: 2012 Winners
For our fourth annual roundup of promising social entrepreneurs, we asked readers to submit suggestions, narrowed them to 25 for-profit social enterprises, then asked readers to vote for their favorite. Over the past month, more than 7,500 readers cast their votes. Their top five picks follow:
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