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IRIS Senior Manager Kelly McCarthy at the Global Impact Investing Network believes that “the impact investing community is embracing the value of social and environmental impact data, which is very encouraging.” McCarthy spoke about the momentum behind impact measurement, investors’ changing attitudes toward it, and the challenges of getting companies on board in the Q&A.
From ‘Nice to Have’ to ‘Need to Have’: The GIIN’s Kelly McCarthy discusses the growing momentum – and ongoing challenges – of impact assessmentBlog Post
The author says that in almost all countries that he's visited as a World Bank pharmaceutical expert, the costs for medicines reimbursement keep growing year over year at a much higher pace than overall health expenditures. He thinks technology might offer a way to disrupt that cycle.
There’s an App for That Bureaucrat: Technology might be a solution to over-prescribing higher-priced drugsBlog Post
Technology is at the heart of many interventions in the lives of the poor and under-served. The Tech Awards celebrate and support these innovations, and will celebrate their 15th anniversary in November. NextBillion is serving as a media partner for the Awards, and Scott Anderson spoke with their director, Leslie Zane, about the past, present and future of the competition, and how it stays cutting edge.
NexThought Monday – Tech Done Right to Do Good: As The Tech Awards turn 15, how to stay cutting edge in a world of u-turnsNews
A former U.S. Department of Justice attorney who prosecuted and won the massive racketeering case against Big Tobacco thinks the agency should consider investigating Big Oil for similar claims: engaging in a cover-up to mislead the public about the risks of its product.
Exxon’s Climate Cover-Up Should Be Investigated By DOJ, Tobacco Prosecutor SaysNews
One of the big questions in both politics and economics is whether government development aid actually produces economic growth in the recipient countries. There’s arguments either way of course: we could assume that poverty is the absence of the economic resources to produce the investment that leads to growth. We do rather assume this in the rich country economies after all: some capital is necessary to get a new business up and running to the point where it will contribute to the future increase in general wealth. So, maybe this is what ails the poor countries? At which point, given that many people think it’s a bit unfair that some parts of the world are so much richer than others then why shouldn’t some of the wealth be sent to the poverty?
Proof That Government Development Aid Doesn’t Produce Economic GrowthBlog Post
Based on three main pillars – leadership development, innovation and elevating ideas – Safe Surgery 2020 is rooted in the idea that safe surgery champions in operating rooms, hospitals and at national levels have the potential to drive cost-effective, systemic change. For example, training a doctor to empower other members of the care team to report and act upon clinical observations can greatly improve surgical outcomes.
Changing the Definition of a Surgeon: GE Foundation launches Safe Surgery 2020, based on the idea that clinic leadership isn’t limited to doctorsNews
Airtel Rwanda and Tigo Rwanda, a subsidiary of Millicom, have announced a partnership to pilot interoperability between their two mobile money transfer service platforms.
Airtel, Tigo to Launch a Mobile Money Interoperability Pilot in RwandaNews
Global industrial conglomerate General Electric is no stranger to innovation — the company has pioneered many of the transformative technologies of the past 100 years. So it may be well-suited for a new shift that is underway, one in which businesses will align their operations with the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals.
GE’s Blueprint for Big Business and the Sustainable Development Goals
