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Tess Mateo is a matchmaker. Her job is to interest private investors in projects throughout the world that will improve the quality of life for people and protect the environment. It is not unusual for her to touch down on four continents in the same number of weeks.
Impact Investing’s Next Hurdle: Better NetworkingBlog Post
As more and more impact industry leaders think about how to invest locally, and as more people become interested in opportunities to do so, the impact sector has to come up with resources to educate people. It also must offer them opportunities to invest, whether through platforms such as Microplace or through Direct Public Offerings (DPOs)
Creating a Sense of Place By Investing Locally: Strategies for rebuilding community wealth in the U.S., globallyNews
What’s the future of social entrepreneurship? On November 29th, Ashoka’s founder, Bill Drayton, is giving his predictions in an interview with David Bornstein from the New York Times. But what do you think? Give your say on Twitter using the hashtag #FutureSocEnt and your thoughts will feed into the event and a post-event summary.
Five Predictions For The Future Of Social EntrepreneurshipBlog Post
When the Chilean government announced a decrease in poverty and extreme poverty rates earlier this year – from 15.1 percent to 14.4 percent and from 3.7 percent to 2.8 percent, respectively the response was incredulity. Chile is seen not only as a successful country for poverty reduction, but also as serious and honest in statistics, and the measurements were, until this episode, thought to be reliable. Nevertheless, the discussion lifted the veil on what was being measured.
The Poor Measurement of Poverty: The Chilean CaseBlog Post
Through MiCRO, a reinsurance company formed in March 2011 by Mercy Corps and Fonkoze with SwissRe, female microentrepreneurs will receive an insurance payout triggered by hurricanes Isaac and Sandy high winds and heavy rains to replace goods and repair damaged businesses. The product can be tailored to the needs of whatever client organization we’re working with and the people they serve.
Inside Microinsurance: Why Insuring Female Micro-entrepreneurs has a Ripple EffectNews
Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investment firm of eBay founder, Pierre Omidyar, is making a $1.5 million grant to a global consortium supporting innovation in healthcare and medical technology. The grant has been made to Massachusetts General Hospital's Center for Global Health to support the Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech).
eBay founder’s investment firm makes a grant to global health consortiumBlog Post
Mahindra Spark the Rise is an initiative by the Mahindra Group to provide innovators, entrepreneurs, and change agents with an open innovation platform to showcase their work and connect with like-minded people to amplify their efforts. The team’s core purpose is to drive positive change in the lives of their stakeholders and communities across the world. Spark the Rise empowers people to drive positive change by bringing them together through innovative ideas and awarding the grant money needed to put them into action.
How Mahindra’s ‘Spark the Rise’ is Igniting ImpactNews
Women perform more than half of all economic activities in developing countries but only a third of their work is captured by statisticians, a new report says.This means women are likely to miss out on business, industrial and social development opportunities arising from globalisation.
Study paints sad picture of women in poor countries
