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‘Frightening Hype’ in Impact Investing and Other Ways to Move the World
If non-profit ventures are able to function well and create deep impact (possibly a more transformational impact than the typical for-profit social enterprise), then perhaps we should be asking another question: How do we introduce better mechanisms to create rigor in high-performing non-profits, channel massive funding to them, and help them grow?
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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A ‘Shared Value’ Success Story: How Mercy Corps is helping Tiendas de la Salud micropharmacies scale from 50 to 500 stores in rural Guatemala
In social enterprise, "shared value" often means bringing unconventional combinations of groups together to tackle the challenges of poverty. In this post, Mercy Corps CEO Neal Keny-Guyer describes how this approach helped a Guatemalan micropharmacy franchise scale up.
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- Health Care
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- public health
