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Don’t Be a ‘Loser’: Why impact investing could benefit from Donald Trump’s playbook
The world of impact investing is getting swamped with jargon and insider’s terminology, says Alexandra Prather. Rather than creating an echo chamber of intellectual isolation, the impact ecosystem needs to dumb down the rhetoric and create a more inclusive and approachable dialogue. Ultimately, we need to "Trump" impact investing.
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Navigating Impact Investing: The Need for Greater Clarity and Efficiency
Demand for impact investing is surging - yet investors, even interested ones, have a hard time wrapping their heads around the practice.
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- Investing
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- impact investing, research
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Impact Investor Lotus Fund Teams Up With Vietnam’s Da Nang University to Launch Innovation Hub
Lotus Fund, an impact investing fund focused on Southeast Asia, has teamed up with the University of Da Nang’s College of Information Technology in Vietnam to launch Lotus Hub, an innovation space for entrepreneurs.
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- Asia Pacific
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PRESS RELEASE: OPIC and Big Tree Farms Partner to Modernize Southeast Asian Agriculture
$3.7 million in development finance supports U.S.-led coconut and cocoa producer in Bali, boosting livelihoods for low-income farmers - financing comes through innovative OPIC offering to support impact investments.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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The Impact of Tech: Sandhya Hegde of Khosla Impact Fund discusses how high-tech solutions can transform lives at the BoP
Khosla Impact Fund is an early stage equity fund that focuses on tech startups that help improve the standard of living at the BoP around the world, with a particular focus on India and East and West Africa. In this interview, recorded at the recent SOCAP15 conference, general partner Sandhya Hegde discusses the sectors and social issues that lend themselves to tech solutions, how Khosla works to help grow the ecosystem for their investees, and other issues related to the impact of tech on the developing world.
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- Investing, Technology
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PRESS RELEASE: New White Paper – Investing for Positive Impact on Women
A group of investors has released a new white paper, Investing for Positive Impact on Women: Integrating Gender into Total Portfolio Activation. The paper was prepared by Croatan Institute with the guidance and close collaboration of Global Fund for Women, Root Capital, Thirty Percent Coalition, and Trillium Asset Management.
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BlackRock to promote climate bonds in impact investment drive
World's largest asset manager signs up to Climate Bonds Initiative in bid to promote green bonds
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- Environment
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Weekly Roundup 10-30-15: A New NextBillion is Coming Next Week
We hope you can forgive this very abbreviated weekly roundup. See, we’re sort of in the middle of something: A new website.
Yes, next week we’re launching a redesigned and reimagined NextBillion.net. We’re excited about the possibilities and potential for the new site, which we will unveil in the coming days.- Categories
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