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Arun Jaitley says India needs to create productive environment for investors
Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, said here on Saturday thatIndia needs to create such a productive environment for investors, that makes them feel that doing business in India is profitable.
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Kiva.org and Grameen-Jameel launch initiative to stimulate individual lending for microfinance
Kiva and Grameen-Jameel Microfinance Ltd. have partnered to launch “Change is in Your Hands” campaign.
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McKnight Foundation adds director of impact investing
Elizabeth McGeveran was named impact investing program director at the $2 billion McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, spokesman Tim Hanrahan said.
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What Conditions Will Bring More Investors into the Sustainable Seafood Sector?
As sustainable seafood markets grow, philanthropists, nonprofit leaders, and entrepreneurs see opportunities for impact-minded investors to make profits while creating positive change in the oceans.
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It Takes an Ecosystem: Major GE fund could have big implications for Africa’s venture capital and SME finance growth
If it takes a village to raise a child, then it must take an ecosystem to grow and scale thriving businesses. That’s why GE’s recently announced USD $18.7 million fund for South African SMEs is a cause for optimism. It’s part of a broader pan-African engagement which will inject almost half a billion dollars into the continent, and could draw other big players into Africa.
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OPIC: Let’s leverage impact investing to make aid funding sustainable
Much of the impact investing field has been driven by public sector actors, which have an important role to play both in the way they deploy their capital and the work that they can do to build the industry.
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NexThought Monday: Expanding the Universe of Impact Investing: How international NGOs can access investor capital to increase their impact on a large scale
Impact investments started out as mostly start-up or early-stage investments in small but promising companies that aim for a measurable social impact. But what’s next? Zurich Insurance Group and Population Services International explore how impact investing could work for a larger universe of private investors and international NGOs.
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Crowdfunding Leaps Forward Beyond Hype To Solve Big-World Problems
Much of the hype around crowdfunding has frustratingly proved to be so much hot air. The United Nations Global Compact and the U.S. State Department are working to change that by bringing crowdfunding forward to finance projects in the developing world, especially projects designed to address the social problems endemic there.
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