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A Call to Action for Greater Co-Creation Between Social and Business: Collaborative competition aims to forge relationships between pioneers in this space
We live in a world of harsh social and environmental challenges. No player - whether government, social entrepreneur, non-profit or business - can address them alone. That’s why Ashoka and partners have launched an online collaborative competition called Social & Business Co-Creation: collaboration for impact. They are accepting entries until April 10.
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- Education, Social Enterprise
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Empowering People With Cooking Stoves
Imagine spending 30 percent of your income on cooking fuel, inhaling the equivalent of 20 cigarettes daily while preparing meals for your family, and having to send your daughter to collect fuel for hours every day. What sounds like a far-fetched scenario is the reality of millions of people around the world in countries like Nepal, Darfur and Haiti.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care, Technology
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Chinese NGO Aims to Tackle Poverty in Burma Through Microloans
A Chinese NGO is set to implement micro-finance programs across Burma in a bid to tackle rural poverty.
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- Uncategorized
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- Asia Pacific
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Saving for Change: How Small Sums Drive Big Advances in Cambodia
Many rural villagers cannot access financial services from microfinance institutions (MFIs) despite the growth in the sector.
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- Uncategorized
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- Asia Pacific
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Sustainable Investing Comes of Age in South Africa
In recent years, the idea of analysing companies using more than just financial indicators has moved into the mainstream.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PRESS RELEASE: Accion Supports Sale of Mibanco to Financiera Edyficar
Accion, a leader in microfinance and financial inclusion, today announced its support for the sale of Mibanco to Financiera Edyficar, which is owned by Grupo Credicorp, following the regulatory approval of the sale obtained this week.
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OPINION: GiveDirectly? Not So Fast.
GiveDirectly is the current flavor of the month, and every couple of days someone asks us what we think of it. GiveDirectly does unconditional cash transfers—it sends money via mobile payment straight to the poorest people in Kenyan villages. It’s a brilliant approach to cutting out corruption and waste: 93 cents of every donated dollar goes to recipients as cash, and those recipients reliably spend it on food, housing, health care, education, and business investment.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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The World Bank Gets An Overhaul — And Not Everyone’s Happy
The World Bank, the largest international development institution, is undergoing a sweeping reorganization, the first of its kind for the bank in nearly a generation. The bank, based in Washington, has laid out a new set of goals, but they're accompanied by deep budget cuts and the elimination of a whole layer of senior management jobs.
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- Impact Assessment