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While the onset of Non-Fundable Zones is difficult to quantify, given the limited funding data of social enterprises, the discussion raised some points we’d like to pose to the community to reflect and comment on. First of all: Which dollars skew which way, to whom and to where?
NexThought Monday: Dealing With the Reality of Non-Fundable ZonesNews
Investing money to make a difference goes by several names, with "ethical", "impact", "green" and "socially responsible" among the industry favourites. But the definition is generally the same: returns are usually sacrificed in the name of doing good. This view is set to change, according to a report titled Impact Investing in Emerging Markets, by the consultancy Responsible Research. The report has found impact investing in emerging markets is becoming more attractive to fu...
Socially Responsible Investments Yield DividendsBlog Post
Ashoka’s Changemakers, along with the Opportunity Project from eBay Foundation, is focused on employment and income generation for vulnerable populations via its open competition for systematic/disruptive market-based innovations. You have until June 15 to submit your ideas. Read on for more details on the competition and Tuesday’s Twitter chat.
Tapping into the Talent Pool Within the BoPNews
A small but growing band of companies wants to make healthcare affordable, accessible, and ubiquitous. Like the larger groups, their services are of a high quality, but costs are kept under a tight leash. With early models starting to scale, social investors are not the only ones being drawn to such companies. For the rich, famous and pregnant living in Hyderabad’s upmarket Jubilee Hills, there is The Cradle, a high-end , luxury ’birthing centre’ recently launched...
Making Healthcare Affordable, Accessible, and UbiquitousNews
Henry Ford once said that a business that makes nothing but money is a poor business . Impact investing takes that idea to a new level. Impact investors look for businesses that have a positive social or environmental impact as well as the potential for financial return. These enterprises can be anything from schools to mobile carriers...
What?s Cooler Than a Million Dollars? Changing a Million LivesNews
By DAVID LEONHARDT Dean Karlan , a Yale economist, and Jacob Appel, a former field researcher in West Africa, are ...
A Fresh Look at Fighting Global PovertyNews
BANGALORE, India-As General Electric Co. assessed the lingering impact of the global financial crisis, it saw that some emerging markets-chief among them India-had come through the trauma better than the developed world. The Fairfield, Conn., company has been in India for more than a century, but it revamped its operations there only a few years ago to tap into the country’s large consumer m...
GE Remodels Businesses in IndiaBlog Post
As a seasoned (as in, once-before) Global Health and Innovation Conference attendee, I knew I was in for a weekend of astonishment, passion and creativity - but also one of perplexity and frustration. As the speakers noted, past problems will continue to be future problems if enterprises do not address social impact - and vice versa.
From Unite For Sight 2011: Community Level Approaches to Health
