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Rational Exuberance: The momentum in impact investing is real – but so is the need for clarity about the changes (and challenges) underway
In spite of considerable progress in impact investing— and the staggering exuberance that’s been associated with it since it burst onto the stage— closer inspection reveals cause for serious concern in the sector. Bill Burckart details these challenges in the first post in a three-part series on the current state of impact investing, as it struggles to take the next step.
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- Education, Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
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Villgro Innovations invests in seven social enterprises
Social enterprise incubator Villgro Innovations has picked seven new companies operating in the healthcare, energy, agriculture and education sectors for its second set of incubation and funding programme.
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- Impact Assessment
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How Rogue Microfinance Lenders Overburden Poor South Africans
Microfinance, or lending small sums to low-income borrowers or entrepreneurs, was supposed to be a source of development and income growth for the poor in Africa. Has it worked?
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- Impact Assessment
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UCLA gets $10 million for center to spur socially conscious projects
Former EBay Inc. President Jeff Skoll has donated $10 million to UCLA for a center that will encourage students to create socially conscious entertainment projects.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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Nike-backed startups put girls first in fight against global poverty
For the past two weeks, ten companies have been consulting with mentors, growing their business models and collaborating with one target demographic in mind: girls in impoverished parts of the world, a population that many say is the most marginalized in the world.
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- Impact Assessment
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Facebook adds button designed to make it easier for users to donate to charities battling Ebola
Facebook is stepping up its efforts to fight Ebola by adding a button designed to make it easier for its users to donate to charities battling the disease.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- philanthropy
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US to partner India in ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign
Taking the US-India joint statement forward, USAID chief Rajiv Shah announced three partnership projects with India on areas close to PM Narendra Modi's heart — "strengthen water and sanitation, expand access to clean energy and increase access to banking services for poor Indians".
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- South Asia
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PRESS RELEASE: First-of-Its-Kind Survey Finds $23 Billion Global Market for Conservation Investing
The first-ever survey of conservation impact investing reveals a fast-growing market totaling approximately $23 billion in the five-year period from 2009-2013.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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