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Pitching Investors in Global Health: Funding lessons from social entrepreneurs
The initial transition from grant funding to more and different funding is challenging, but global health social entrepreneurs can learn a lot from the lessons of their peers. That’s why SEAD, in partnership with USAID and other members of their Higher Education Solutions Network, have been studying the patterns of the marketplace to discern rules of the road.
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- Education, Health Care
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Four in five investors consider sustainability issues – PwC survey
Four in five investors have looked at sustainability issues in one or more investment contexts in the last year, according to research from PwC. However, investors also cited dissatisfaction with current reporting standards.
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- Education, Environment
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PRESS RELEASE: Correlation Established Between Mobile Phone Usage and Banking Behavior
Findings are result of WSBI project carried out by Cignifi
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- Education
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How Abandoned Houses Are Creating a Golden Opportunity: An Interview With Antonio Díaz, Founder and CEO of Provive
Erik Simanis, managing director of Market Creation Strategies at the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University, says BoP scholars and managers (himself included) became so preoccupied with the social mission that they lost sight of business fundamentals and the realities of working within corporations. But, he sees an upside.
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- Education
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Roadblocks to Bridges: How municipal governments, NGOs and companies can unlock inclusive cities
Ultimately, municipal governments must lead in making investment and policy decisions that support all urban citizens. Urban planners, multilateral organizations, NGOs, and academics are natural contributors; indeed, as highlighted in the examples by Dalberg researchers, some of them have already begun to help.
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- Education
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NexThought Monday – MNCs, the Grassroots and the Future of the BoP
Santa Clara State University’s Jim Koch says two big conferences in the last ten years have come to frame BoP market development efforts. What can we learn from what did – and what notably did not – transpire in the decade between the two gatherings? Among other things, Koch says major corporations have been greatly eclipsed by grassroots innovators.
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Five Ways to Make Electronic Delivery of Social Transfers Work for the Poor: Insights from CGAP’s recent Focus Note
Cash transfers are an increasingly popular tool to provide assistance to the poor, with nearly 174 million individuals in 43 countries receiving them. E-payments could improve the effectiveness of social transfers, but it’s very difficult to implement them effectively. A recent study conducted by Bankable Frontier Associates explores four programs on the cutting edge of designing and implementing e-payments in low-income settings.
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Afford Two, Eat One: A new report explores financial inclusion in rural Myanmar
Myanmar is a country with very low formal banking penetration, but changes are afoot that will stimulate domestic financial activity. In March of this year a team of Myanmar-based researchers mapped the changing financial landscape in the country, aiming to provide a foundational reference for organizations wishing to develop products and services for financially constrained consumers.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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