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An Idea for Female Donors: Social-Impact Investing
A new wave of social-change philanthropy is focusing on endeavors that run on a for-profit basis. The idea is to encourage a more businesslike approach to solving the world's pressing problems and earning a return on investment in the process.
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- Impact Assessment
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Rohingya Health Crisis In West Myanmar After Aid Groups Forced Out
The United Nations says at least 40 Rohingya were killed there by Buddhist Rakhine villagers. The government denies any killings occurred.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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- governance, philanthropy
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Development Assistance For Global Health: Is The Funding Revolution Over?
In many ways, the last twenty years have been somewhat of a “revolution” in global health, as marked by rising attention, growing funding, and the creation of new, large scale initiatives to address global health challenges in low and middle income countries.
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- Health Care
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- governance, philanthropy
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Weekly Roundup – 4/5/2014: ‘Oooo Shiny!’ applies even in global health, as celebrities can help set public agendas
Given that “public will” and publicity-seeking politicians help set priorities for funding – and funding ultimately saves lives – why not get a celebrity involved in your worthy cause?
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- Health Care
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How Philanthropists And Investors Can Work Together To Create Social Change
Scaling up innovation is rarely as simple as investing in a company. The best social innovations aren’t companies – rather they are social movements, coalitions co-created by businesses, social sector organisations and governments working together. But how do you fund and scale up a movement?
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- Impact Assessment
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Maker of Toms shoes expands into coffee roasting
Toms, the Los Angeles company known for its comfy, eco-friendly footwear and its shoes-donating ways, is tiptoeing into an unusual product line: coffee.
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- Agriculture
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Catalyzing Impact Investments Through Coordinated Grantmaking
In an increasingly resource-constrained world, the ability to drive more impact investments into the communities and issues we care about is imperative
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- Impact Assessment
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Dasra Philanthropy Week 2014: Urgency in gender equality
Dasra hosted its fifth annual Philanthropy Week from March 5-7. It convened more than 600 prominent philanthropists, corporations and impact investors to catalyze funding to India’s social sector. And as Nilima Achwal explains, Dasra has made a notable strategic shift to focus on adolescent girl empowerment.
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- Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise