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Investing Under the Sea: Shrimp and Sea Cucumber Farms Offer Models for Aquaculture Investments
From shrimp in Mexico to sea cucumbers in Madagascar, pioneering NGOs are testing new approaches to open ocean aquaculture that emphasize environmental stewardship and increasing local wealth — and lay the foundation for financially investable models.
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‘Frightening Hype’ in Impact Investing and Other Ways to Move the World
If non-profit ventures are able to function well and create deep impact (possibly a more transformational impact than the typical for-profit social enterprise), then perhaps we should be asking another question: How do we introduce better mechanisms to create rigor in high-performing non-profits, channel massive funding to them, and help them grow?
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Fish 2.0: A Competition That Connects Investors With Sustainable Seafood Businesses
A new breed of investors is starting to shape business growth across the globe.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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Featured Event: Social Capital Markets: NextBillion readers register for a 30% discount to SOCAP13
SOCAP13 will be held at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, CA from Sept. 3-6. Join the world’s pioneering impact investors, social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, civic leaders, and innovators to mobilize resources and capital for good. As a media partner for SOCAP13, NextBillion readers will save 30 percent off the cost of registration.
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Titans of Industry Turning to Social Biz : Nine former Indian head honchos who are changing the world of social entrepreneurship
At SocialStory we have scoured the universe of Indian corporate bigwigs who have scaled the heights of their chosen worlds and have now decided to make the switch to the world of philanthropy. We have left out the likes of Azim Premji and Sunil Bharti Mittal because our primary criterion is that they should have switched to the philanthropic role full-time. Read on to find out more about these ex-corporate heroes who have now assumed avatars of social investors and social entrepreneurs.
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World Bank changes senior staff to continue anti-poverty agenda
Two top executives at the World Bank are set to leave the institution this year in a move at a crucial time for the bank’s evolving focus on poverty reduction in the next decade.
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Social Enterprises: Bubble building within the space, creating fissures in the sector
When shoeshine boys start giving stock tips, then you know something is wrong, goes an old Wall Street dictum.
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Impact Investment and Beyond: Mapping support for social enterprises
There is a lot of excitement about social enterprise, and a lot of interest in understanding, financing and supporting these enterprises. But there has been no comprehensive data on the actual amount of capital investment and non-financial support given to social enterprises and the development of their market infrastructure. ODI undertook a study to establish existing data gaps and to see if it was both feasible and useful to compile this data. Emily Darko of ODI describes their findings.
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- Education, Social Enterprise
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