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3 impact investing predictions from Omidyar Network’s Paula Goldman
Over the past 30 years the share of incomes going to the top 1% of earners has more than doubled in some rich countries: it now stands at 17% in America and 14% in Britain.
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- Impact Assessment
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Building an India-Africa Pipeline Part 3 : Six exciting expansions to add to your watch list
In our ongoing series with NextBillion, we have explored the Africa-India Innovation Transfer and shared our insights on the startup ecosystem from expanding Sankalp Forum into Africa. In our third article in this series, we’re profiling six pioneering organizations that will expand across the regions in the near future. We hope these expansions and the resulting knowledge will form a foundation for others to build upon.
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- Social Enterprise
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Press Release : Case Foundation Commits $100,000 to Georgetown Global Social Enterprise Initiative
Grant to Support Impact Investing Initiatives, Including Policy Coordination with the Social Impact Investment Task Force
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Rajiv Shah And Tony Blair On Impact Investing
A new investment fund structured by JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will, for the first time, allow individual and institutional investors the opportunity to finance late-stage global health technologies that have the potential to save millions of lives in low-income countries.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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Financial innovations spur renewable energy investment in global markets
Investment firms, financiers and energy companies around the globe are introducing innovative new funding vehicles aimed at renewable energy investment.
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- Energy
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LeapFrog Investments backs Petra Trust
LeapFrog Investments has taken a stake in Petra Trust. The business is a pension trustee company based in Ghana.
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Global health 2035: A world converging within a generation
Prompted by deepening concerns over poverty and global inequality, the U.N. General Assembly in 2000 adopted the Millennium Development Declaration, putting forward a series of goals which were meant to be achieved by 2015. Core issues included improving global health, including reducing child mortality, improving maternal health and combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases.
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Impact investing: Making the case for low-margin, high social return investments
Capital from impact investing often acts as a catalyst to commercial capital. For instance, it helps to showcase the viability of new business models and products, and it drives existing enterprises toward improved services and new geographies. But organizations that don’t generate commercially attractive returns often can’t attract mainstream capital. Geeta Goel argues that in these cases, impact capital focused on social impact has a vital role.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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