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HBS, Impact Investing And The Power Of Story – The Rise Fund’s Maya Chorengel
She has been an instrumental force in proving that delivery of positive impact can exist alongside competitive financial returns, mobilizing the investing market to advance social and environmental benefits at scale.
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- Investing
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Inside the Quest to Measure the Impact of Impact Investing
This is the kind of valuation challenge impact investors have been grappling with for years. Purely financial investments come with an accepted methodology for measuring return on investment. But with investments in projects or organizations working to deliver social or environmental impact, there’s no shared accounting framework for measuring the value of what’s been achieved.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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Chinese Investments Fuel Growth in African Science
Africa has emerged as a major partner in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and that is paying dividends for science.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Study: 94% of Investors Ready for Impact in Next 1-3 Years
KBIGI, which boasts a long-standing commitment to responsible investing has published the findings of a new global Impact Investing study, exploring investor views on what it calls the Public/Private approach.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Viewpoint: Will the BUILD Act Improve Lending in Poor Countries and Counter China? The Jury’s Still Out
Judging by the Overseas Private Investment Corp.’s recent lending decisions, so far, the answer to that question appears to be “no.” Why? First, because the majority of the Overseas Private Investment Corp.’s loan portfolio, as of the end of 2018, is still in upper-middle and high-income countries.
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- Finance
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Africa’s Biggest Mobile Operator Is Struggling to Protect Its Users’ Digital Rights
A new study shows some of the world’s biggest communications companies are still lagging behind, inadequately informing users about how their data is collected, with whom it is shared, and why.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Number of ATMs Around the World Has Fallen for the First Time
Bank customers are increasingly turning to their mobile phones for routine financial services, and moving away from cash in favor of credit and debit cards.
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- Finance, Technology
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- digital payments
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Viewpoint: A Fresh Take on the Global Health Financing Gap
Seeing these trends, some donor programs are testing new ways to blend their resources and catalyze private capital.
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- Health Care
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