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Why the Rockefellers are betting on renewable energy
Sure, it's mostly symbolic. But the global energy business is also on the cusp of a dramatic transformation.
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PRESS RELEASE: CGAP CEO Ehrbeck Will Join Omidyar Network As Partner
Omidyar Network today announced that Tilman Ehrbeck will join the philanthropic investment firm as a partner. Based in Washington D.C., Ehrbeck will oversee Omidyar Network's Financial Inclusion, Impact Investing, and Property Rights initiatives. Omidyar Network Managing Partner Matt Bannick made the announcement during the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York.
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For Social Enterprises, The Bottom Line is Impact: Four Lessons About Investing in Social Businesses
Despite Cambodia's rapid economic growth driven by strong exports, private investment and a growing agricultural industry, nearly one in five Cambodians live below the international poverty line.
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Tata announces social enterprise challenge
The Tata Group has announced the commencement of the Tata Social Enterprise Challenge (TSEC) 2014-15, a joint initiative with the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C), to find India's most promising early-stage social enterprises.
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Big Data enables us to reach the bottom of the pyramid: TTSL CIO
Tata Teleservices has become one of the first companies in India to harness big data to bolster its legal and regulatory operational requirements.
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Jumpstarting Indian Startups Serving The Bottom Of The Pyramid
There’s a dearth of seed-stage funding for social enterprises in developing countries, a situation known as the “pioneer gap.” That’s why Will Poole and Dave Richards co-founded Unitus Seed Fund about two years ago and, recently, announced an agreement with the U.S. Global Development Lab, a new enterprise within USAID, to jumpstart the early-stage impact startup ecosystem in India.
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Weekly Roundup – 9/20/14: An awkward moment, new momentum and a brewing battle highlight recent developments in finance
Muhammad Yunus has issued some pointed criticisms of microfinance’s turn toward profit. But is the sector he pioneered listening to him - and are his ideals even realistic in the first place? We discuss these questions - along with signs of momentum in impact investing and new developments in a Kenyan mobile money battle - in this Roundup.
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The Role of Private Sector Investment in Climate Change
Assuming countries across the world can muster the political will to actually make bold, sustained commitments to ending poverty, providing decent jobs, providing universal health coverage, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, there is still the question of how to pay for it.
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