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Rethinking our Approach to Multilateral Collaboration: Why it’s Time to Give the Philanthropic and Private Sectors an Equal Seat at the Table
With only 17% of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on track, doubts are growing about the effectiveness of the world's current approach to multilateral collaboration. As Simon Sommer at the Jacobs Foundation and Dina Ghobashy at Microsoft argue, part of the problem is that businesses and philanthropic organizations are rarely viewed — or treated — as equal partners of international institutions and national governments in pursuing development goals. They propose a new approach to multilateralism, based on greater cohesion between the public, private and non-profit sectors.
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Analysis: Small Firms Are Still a Big Missed Opportunity in Development Philanthropy
There are many reasons why philanthropists still haven’t supported SMEs at the scale we need. They need to get over it; the opportunity to leverage impact is enormous.
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- Investing
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- Global
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Press Release: LSE’s 100X Impact Accelerator Announces New Initiative for Future Social Unicorns in Southeast Asia
With over a million impact-first organisations in Southeast Asia, social ventures are the backbone of vital sectors ranging from agriculture to healthcare, education, and climate action. Selected ventures for the programme will receive £150,000 in funding and 12 weeks of programming focusing on “endgame” strategies.
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- Education, Environment, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Analysis: Systems Change Isn’t One Thing. Financing Should Reflect That
From experimentation to redesign to optimization, the interconnected processes by which systems are changed require distinct forms of funding.
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Pasteur Network Launches Pioneering Project at World Health Summit To Tackle Health Impacts of Climate Change
The Institute of Philanthropy and Rockefeller Foundation commit US$5 million to advance project and empower local researchers, governments, and communities in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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Indian Tycoon Ratan Tata Dies Aged 86
In a statement announcing Tata's death, the current chairman of Tata Sons described him as a "truly uncommon leader".
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- Global
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Press Release: Launch of the First Impact Loan Facility for Coral Reef Conservation
The Blue Finance Facility aims to support the development of innovative reef-positive businesses that bolster the Blue Economy in and around the Marine Protected Areas.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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Melinda French Gates Announces Open Call for $250 Million Fund. Here’s Who Can Apply.
French Gates invited organizations working on women’s mental and physical health to apply.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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