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Press Release: Fifth Annual Impact Investor Survey Reflects on Industry Growth, Past and Projected
146 of the world’s largest impact investors, including fund managers, banks, development finance institutions, foundations, and pension funds report having committed $10.6 billion to impact investments in 2014, with plans to commit 16% more in 2015. The surveyed sample, which manages $60 billion in impact investment assets, indicates satisfaction with both financial returns and social/environmental impact performance, compared to expectations.
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- Impact Assessment
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Ethiopia Offers 100% FDI Facility to India for Healthcare
Ethiopia offered 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) facility to India for setting up hospitals and other healthcare facilities in Ethiopia. The host country will acquire land for Indian entrepreneurs and offer other incentives and tax facilities as well.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A Q&A with Audrey Choi, CEO, Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing
If you think that sustainable investing requires a trade-off around performance, Morgan Stanley's Audrey Choi wants to change your mind.
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- Impact Assessment
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Acumen Increases Its Efforts to Improve India’s Private Education With New Investments
Acumen announces its new investment in Ignis Careers andStandard of Excellence in Education and Development (SEED) to improve the current state of low-cost, private education in India. India has the largest kindergarten to 10th grade system in the world with more than 1.6 million schools. More than 96 percent of children, ranging from ages 6 to 14, are enrolled in school. However, the quality of education is poor, and half of the children in Grade 5 can only read at a Grade 2 level.
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- Education
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- South Asia
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Impact investing takes the bite out of auto loan sharks in the U.S.
Michelle Corson, founder of On the Road Lending, pools investors’ money to finance cars for low-income people at decent rates.
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- Uncategorized
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Portal for Blue-Collar Jobs Babajob Raises $10M from Australia’s SEEK
Bangalore-based Babajob Services Pvt Ltd, which runs the job portal for blue-collar workers, has raised $10 million from Australian company SEEK Ltd, it said on Tuesday. SEEK has picked a minority stake in the firm.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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A New Inning for Impact Investing
For years, a nascent movement led by passionate pioneers out to change the world has been slowly but surely taking shape. Quietly, these early fearless leaders have been championing the idea that businesses can be a tool for social good, beyond the jobs that they create. Specifically, they’ve been building the movement for a new class of investors and entrepreneurs to lock arms and build companies that provide products and services that address daunting social challenges, and generate a financial return for investors. These companies are found in many sectors, including large markets such as education, energy, transportation and healthcare that are ripe for disruption.
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- Impact Assessment
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Press Release: OPIC to Launch Call for Global Development Investment Funds Proposals
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, today announced its 2015 Global Engagement Call for Proposals from fund managers seeking OPIC financing for private equity investment funds.
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