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5 myths socially conscious entrepreneurs need to ignore
A series of powerful forces are changing business as we know it. From the speed of communication to information accessibility, all lead to increased transparency and a more global perspective.
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Beyond the Aid Debate: Getting smarter about how markets and charity work together is job one for those working in development
"It is time we break through the false dichotomies between for-profit and nonprofit and dive into more realistic issues like how to blend two approaches, how one approach can support the other and where tensions between the two approaches exist," says Blair Miller, vice president of the Millennium Development Goals Health Alliance.
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- Environment, Health Care
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What Makes Toniic Tick? Part One of an Interview With Stephanie Cohn Rupp, CEO of the Impact Investor Network
Investing for social impact can be a risky business, and it helps if impact investors can leverage the knowledge of like-minded peers. Toniic, a global network of impact investors, aims to facilitate those interactions, bringing social entrepreneurs and investors together for the benefit of both. NextBillion Financial Innovation recently spoke with Toniic CEO Stephanie Cohn Rupp to discuss its approach, and the evolution of the sector.
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- Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
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Market solutions to Cambodia’s toilet troubles
PHNOM PENH, 5 June 2014 (IRIN) - Having money in your pocket does not translate into a toilet in your home, so Cambodian sanitation campaigners are trying new ways to encourage latrine construction in a country where years of awareness and subsidy campaigns have not been flush with success.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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Bold Ideas for Big Shifts in Global Health: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awards its Grand Challenges Explorations grants
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation made Grand Challenges Explorations grants – some for $100,000 for Phase I grants and others for $1 million for Phase II grants – to fund scientific work on unproven ideas that could solve major global health and development problems.
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IAN partners SIDBI & Germany’s GIZ to launch incubation programme for social enterprises in India
Indian Angel Network (IAN), a national network of angel investors that invests in startups and early-stage ventures, has launched an incubation programme to empower entrepreneurs in building sustainable and scalable businesses in the social impact space.
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In Market Dynamics, Creativity Matters: Global organizations using a variety of interventions to leverage their work
R4D’s market dynamics team works to align the needs of manufacturers, countries, financiers and regulators. The goal is to ensure that the most marginalized populations have reliable, high-quality, affordable access to products such as HIV/AIDS treatment, neglected diseases drugs and sanitation technologies.
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Mission Markets Launches New Platform to Support Impact Investing
New technology platform provides broader investor access, a community of members, and information on Impact Investing and impact fund offerings for the first time
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- Technology
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