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Viewpoint: Diasporas Are Undertapped Resources For Global Development
Diaspora communities are vital groups for NGOs to positively engage, but it requires a fundamental shift in mindset.
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- Finance
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Top Funders and NGOs Think Empowering Women Farmers Can Reduce Hunger. Are They Right?
This problem isn’t new; famines and food insecurity are one of the oldest development challenges in human history. What is new is a recent shift by donors—both public and private—to focus on female empowerment in agriculture as a key solution to humanity’s food and nutrition deficit.
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- Agriculture
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Paycheck, Please: Why Jobs Are Better Than Charity
Those of us who “won the zip code lottery” by being born in a prosperous country often take for granted something that’s out of reach for many people around the world: a stable and satisfying job. Suzanne Skees explores how the Skees Family Foundation leverages the power of dignified, secure jobs to fight poverty – and highlights what they've learned from partner organizations about how to maximize the impact of job creation efforts.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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Working with Tech Vendors: Do’s and Don’ts for Development Organizations
Working with outside vendors in information and communications technologies is a necessary part of global development work – and when done well, it can provide a major boost to an organization’s mission. But there are good and bad ways to select and work with vendors, and many NGOs and social enterprises don’t recognize the importance of choosing the right approach. Nathan Barthel at Catholic Relief Services presents a list of “dos and don’ts” for development organizations to keep in mind when working with vendors – essential reading for anyone planning an ICT4D project.
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- Social Enterprise, Technology
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- global development, NGOs
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Nonprofits are carving their own impact investing niche
The nonprofit sector can call on unique expertise to contribute to the impact investing space, including local relationships that enable strong risk assessments and the ability to provide technical assistance, said Tom Dente, president and CEO at Humentum and one of the report’s editors.
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- Investing
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- impact investing, NGOs, nonprofits
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Growth, Focus and Evolution: How INGOs Are Changing the Impact Investing Landscape
In 2016, members of the International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) Impact Investing Network unveiled the first substantial landscape report charting the work of INGOs in the impact investing space. Nearly three years later, the organization has followed up with a new survey showing explosive growth, with INGOs now accounting for at least $916.7 million in impact-related assets under management. Susan Barrows Libby and Stephanie Marienau Turpin, two editors of the report, discuss the findings.
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- Investing
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- impact investing, NGOs, philanthropy
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Press Release: Report Shows INGOs in Impact Investing Continue to Emerge as Key Players
“This is a time of ongoing innovation as INGOs utilize their unique capabilities to better sustain social benefits. It is exciting as they collaborate with investors, social enterprises, and new local partners to attract funding to meet pressing needs,” said Tom Dente, President and CEO of Humentum, the membership association of international relief and development organizations.
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- Investing
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- impact investing, NGOs
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BRAC named 2018 NGO of the year
This marks the fourth time in five years that BRAC has earned the number one ranking.
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- global development, NGOs
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