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Impact Reporting and Investment Standards – Comment Now!
The idea that for-profit investment can have positive social and environmental impact has been talked about for some time, and is increasingly being put to practice. This phenomenon of Impact Investing has the potential to complement philanthropy and government in addressing to some of the planet’s most deeply entrenched challenges...
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BRAC?s TUP Program: When Base of the Pyramid Approaches Might Not Work
BRAC, a Bangladesh-based NGO, is just giving stuff away to the poor. One of the world’s largest and most innovative poverty alleviation organizations has decided that aid, and not profit, is the way forward to help the very poorest. As an intern this past summer at BRAC, I was told this in our orientation...
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