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MasterCard Launches Center to Drive Inclusive Growth Around the World
MasterCard has launched the Center for Inclusive Growth to further sustainable and equitable economic growth and financial inclusion around the world.
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Raikes steps down as CEO of Gates Foundation
Former Microsoft exec Jeff Raikes said Tuesday that he would step down as the chief executive of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, theoretically freeing himself up as Microsoft searches for a new CEO.
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Applying BoP Health Care Solutions In the Developed World: A Q&A with Gina Lagomarsino, director of R4D and panelist at the 2013 BoP Summit – Part 2
Rising health care costs are an urgent problem around the world. But can the ultra affordable health care models being developed at the BoP work in wealthier countries? In Part 2 of our Q&A (a preview of the health care plenary at next month’s BoP Summit) Results for Development director Gina Lagomarsino discusses this and other issues that are shaping global health.
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The Consequences of Impact Investing on Philanthropy
As the investment culture expands from simply the bottom line of profit to an increased focus on the triple bottom line (social, environment and profit), philanthropy will continue to be an essential catalyst in unlocking the potential of impact investing. This is because these game-changing funding models may not achieve the necessary scale to produce a profit without some initial subsidies.
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How We May Change the Charitable Industrial Complex
I, like many others, read Peter Buffet’s article on charity in the New York Times last month. I loved the piece but it left me wanting for more. If the “Charitable-Industrial Complex” is the old story, then what is the new one and, how do we build it?
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NexThought Monday – Time Out: Three Reasons why too many Philadelphia Eagles fans are bad for global development
Recognizing the chance to turn first-world waste into third-world benefit, World Vision and the NFL joined forces to distribute the misprinted clothing to communities throughout the developing world.
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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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Economies of Scale or Diseconomies of Enormity: Should there be more mergers and acquisitions of international development NGOs?
In the for-profit sector, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are ways to ensure that the most effective organizations survive and achieve greater scale. This improves cost-effectiveness in the overall market and spreads best practices more widely. But with the large numbers of NGOs in international development, why don’t we see more M&A activity in the non-profit sector? In light of the recent Merlin and Save the Children merger, WDI’s Prashant Yadav explores some reasons.
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