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Gender Roles in Green and Inclusive Business – Replicating Old Patterns or Breaking New Ground?
The green economy has the potential to empower women – but risks replicating old gender patterns of the ‘brown’ economy, says a new DCED / GIZ study. How does the case look for social entrepreneurship and impact investing?
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- Agriculture, Education, Environment, Social Enterprise
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Wanted: Smart, Creative Capital
Last month’s “Cracking the Nut” conference, hosted by the development consulting firm AZMJ, focused on “Attracting Private Sector Investment to Rural and Agricultural Markets.” Throughout the sessions, it became clear that investment alone on the part of the private sector isn’t sufficient to transform these markets; private sector capital must be applied intelligently and creatively if it is to wield that power.
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- Agriculture
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TechnoServe: Introducing Our Updated Vision and Mission
Today, we launch our 2011 Annual Report, where we share the first elements of our refreshed brand –the new vision and mission statements. Although the language is updated, the vision and mission reflect the spirit of TechnoServe throughout our 44 years.
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- Agriculture
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The Impact of Impact Investment – A Chat With Root Capital
During the SOCAP Design the Future in Malmö, Catherine Gill, vice president of investor relations, and Saurin Nanavati, director of Financial Advisory Services, sat down to talk about their business model impacts clients and their communities, but also its influence other impact investors.
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- Agriculture
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Mini Case Study: Partnership Creates New Source of Income for Farmers in Brazil
In the south of the Brazilian state of Bahia, three organizations are uniting to implement an economic development project that is generating benefits for 60 farmers who live on settlements created after agrarian reform. The two-year pilot project is creating shared value by reorienting how a Brazilian company integrates farmers from poor communities into its value chain.
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- Agriculture
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First Fund to Help Smallholder Farmers with Long-Term Loans
Incofin Investment Management, Fairtrade International (FLO) and Grameen Foundation will establish a ‘First Fund’ to focus on the unmet demand of smallholder farmers for long-term loans.
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- Agriculture
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- Latin America
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NexThought Monday: Combining Commercial Opportunity With Environmental Sustainability
The greatest potential for productivity gains lies in the millions of small-scale farms in Africa, Latin America and Asia. But as the pressure grows to produce more food, unsustainable practices like slash-and-burn agriculture and excessive tilling of cropland threaten ecosystems and contribute to climate change.
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- Agriculture
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NexThought Monday: Land Rights for Women – a Ripple Effect
Many developing countries, from Liberia to India, are rife with women without land rights, who upon the death of their husbands are thrown off of their land and left with no way to support themselves or their children. National economies continue to suffer from the effects of these children, who are robbed of an education and a future. From 2002 through 2009, Landesa partnered with the Rwandan government to help ensure Rwandans would have secure rights to land and receive land titles.
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- Agriculture