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Ujjivan Financial Services Clinches Single Largest Funding Deal in India’s Microfinance Sector
UK's Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC), private equity investors CX Partners, Newquest and a unit of Bajaj Group are leading a Rs 600-crore investment in Ujjivan Financial Services, clinching the single largest funding deal in India's microfinance sector, sources directly familiar with the matter said.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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Social Stock Exchanges – Do We Need Them?
Public interest in the development of global impact investing received a significant boost last year, due to an international campaign to divest in fossil fuels by superannuation, pension, and university endowment funds.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Microcapital Brief: Investview Acquires Gate Global Impact, Gateway 2.0 Will Continue to Link Social Enterprises, Funders
Gate Global Impact (GGI), a US-based, regulatory-compliant electronic marketplace that focuses on impact investing, has been acquired by Investview, another US-based financial services company [1]. As part of the deal, Investview has also acquired GGI’s Gateway 2.0, a website that enables small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) listed on the United Nation’s Global Compact Social Enterprise Hub to access financing for projects intended to produce a financial return while addressing challenges relating to “human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.” Investview intends to continue operating the platform through GGI. Mr Vincent Molinari, the chief executive officer of GGI, and Mr Joseph Latona, president of GGI, will join Investview. The financial details of the deal have not been made public.
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- impact investing
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Viewpoint: Dirty Money and Development
Dirty money—MNCs’ undeclared profits, the proceeds of corruption, etc.—can play a large role in ending poverty.
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Japanese Drugmakers Addressing Neglected Tropical Diseases, and Not Just Out of Altruism
Japanese drugmakers are developing medicines to treat infectious diseases that have been overlooked because there is little financial incentive.
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- Asia Pacific
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Community Foundations Embrace Impact Investing
A small, but growing, number of community foundations are starting to embrace impact investing in a big way.
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Q&A On Impact Investing In Africa With Issam Chleuh
Africa Impact Group has been identified as a leader in impact investing across the continent, investing in funds, organizations and companies with the intention of generating measurable social and environmental impact along with financial return.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Assessing ROI in Educational Development: In India, assessment tools are still lacking, but change is coming
In India, there is a growing realization that quality of school education has to significantly improve in India, particularly for underprivileged students. Prachi Windlass at the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation says a wider dialogue on applying a robust assessment framework to education in India is needed.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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