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MCE Social Capital Reaches $100 Million in Loan Guarantees for Social Good
Launched in 2006, the nonprofit impact investing firm has used its innovative loan guarantee model to generate economic opportunities for nearly two million people living in poverty.
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The US Is Warming Up to China’s Big New Development Bank
Washington appears to have softened its stance towards the new Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, backing down from its earlier resistance and saying it is now ready to welcome the institution.
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This Woman Might Be the Most Successful Impact Investor You’ve Never Heard Of
The February ribbon cutting for Gigawatt Global’s new $24 million solar field in Rwanda was an impact investment showcase. More than 28,000 solar panels, arranged in the shape of the African continent, added six percent to the entire country’s electricity production.
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Press Release: Caspian Impact Investments Raises $20 Million in Financing From OPIC
Caspian Impact Investments (CII) today announced that it closed a debt financing commitment of $20 million from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution.
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Social Investment Problems Include ‘Too Much Hype and Hubris and Not Enough Transparency’ Says Report
Social investment in the UK requires less hype, more transparency from lenders and more focus on the needs of charities and social enterprises if it is going to succeed, according to a commission of thinkers and practitioners in the world of social finance.
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Think Bigger: Social Entrepreneurship’s Critical Need for Accelerators
Prossy Sebunya has a passion for clean cook stoves -- a technology that’s critical in third-world countries, where fuel is an expensive commodity, wood fires lead to deforestation and unhealthy conditions prevent sanitary food preparation.
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New Chinese Bank Becomes Major Headache for U.S.
Another day, it seems, brings another new member to China's latest big international initiative: a new development bank for Asia.
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Interview: India in Strong Position as the ‘Laboratory for Innovation’, Says Acumen’s Ajit Mahadevan
Ajit Mahadevan, Country Head, Acumen, tells Sarika Malhotra that the company's aim in investing patient capital is not to seek high returns, "but to jump-start the creation of enterprises that improve the ability of the poor to live with dignity. In the long-run we do aim to see a return of our capital". Acumen has been investing in India since 2001 and has backed 26 companies across portfolios, including low-cost maternity care, skills training and education, water filtration enterprises and more. In addition to providing patient capital to investee companies, it has also invested in human capital and a wide range of management support services to help the companies scale up.
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