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Viewpoint: McKinsey & Company Starts Its Own Version of Bain’s Bridgespan
The announcement that Helene Gayle, the retiring CEO of CARE, was going to be inaugural CEO of the McKinsey Social Initiative struck us as noteworthy for reasons that other press outlets really haven’t covered.
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Twitter Top Ten – 3/29/15
New partnerships. New data. New funding opportunities - even a (discouraging) new Twitter hashtag. This week in global development and social enterprise featured plenty of interesting stories, which generated no shortage of online chatter. We’ve sampled a bit of it, as always, in this top ten list.
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Development, Impact Investing Pour into Nepal’s Biggest Hydropower Project: The $142 million investment could power 10 percent of the country
The Lower Solu hydroelectric power plant aims to provide electricity to roughly 2 million Nepalese households. The $142 million project, financed through development bank and impact investment financing, is one of the largest-ever foreign investments in Nepal’s history. An interview with the project manager on the energy impact.
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That Time a Hedge Funder Quit His Job and Then Raised $60 Million for Charity
Elie Hassenfeld had an enjoyable and lucrative career in finance. Then he discovered an unusual passion.
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Inter-American Development Bank Creates New Institution for Private Sector Operations
The Inter-American Development Bank is in the process of forming a new entity to handle its private sector activities, according to a bank employee with knowledge of the plans.
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Survey: 57% of Institutional Investors Believe ESG Has Positive Impact on Returns
Some 57% of asset owners and other institutional investors surveyed believe incorporating ESG into alternative investments decision-making has a positive impact on risk-adjusted returns, said a report Monday from Mercer and LGT Capital Partners.
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Sunlabob Renewable Energy Receives $2.1 Million Investment
Sunlabob Renewable Energy, a Laos-based group that specializes in bringing clean energy solutions to rural communities, has this week secured an impact investment of $2.1 million to enable it to expand its off-grid programs in Asia, Africa and the Pacific region.
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Funding for Financial Inclusion Rises to $31 Billion in 2013
Global investment in affordable financial services for the poor has risen by an average seven percent per year since 2011, a World Bank think tank said in a survey released on Wednesday.
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