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Now, a regulatory body to set norms for impact investment
In order to avoid excesses that derailed the Indian microfinance industry three years ago, nine entities doing 'impact investing' have come together.
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A Microlender Backs Startups to Bring More Than Loans to the Poor
Microlending has lost a lot of its shine in the seven years since Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize for delivering small loans to help poor women start businesses.
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Cheering social entrepreneurship: How Lok Capital did it
Investing in a social enterprise in India has become quite the in-thing and the definition of who is a social entrepreneur seems to be changing as well.
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What is the best way of innovating for social change?
There are many different ways – organisationally speaking – that you can save the world.
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SJF Ventures Raises $90MM Third Fund, Tripling Size of Previous Fund
SJF Ventures conducted the final closing on its third fund with more than $90MM in capital commitments, tripling the size of the previous $28MM second fund.
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World Bank Group Awards $2 Million to Social Enterprises in the States of Madhya Pradesh
Twenty social enterprises were awarded grants totaling $2 million by the India Development Marketplace (DM) funded by the World Bank Group (WBG).
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Building Impact Investing Momentum in Africa
Earlier this month, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Tony Elumelu Foundation launched the Impact Economy Innovations Fund (IEIF) to improve the lives of poor and vulnerable people throughout Africa. The fund was announced at the Impact Investing in Africa: Accelerating the Industry Regionally forum in Cape Town, South Africa. The fund will target projects that seek to enable capital solutions, foster entrepreneurial ecosystems and promote the impact investing industry infrastructure.
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Connecting the Global Community of Leading Impact Investors: Global Impact Investing Network
Forbes interviewed Amit Bouri, the managing director at the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of impact investing around the world.
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