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MIGA and OPIC team to unlock investments in African agriculture
A new partnership between a U.S. government agency, a World Bank Group member and a private equity fund plans to help about half a million small-scale farmers boost yields and improve food security in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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OPINION: Did ‘Social Business’ Sink the Cardboard Bike?
It’s time to retire the term “social business.” Better to run a business that honors agreements and respects the dignity of employees and customers.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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Mainstreaming the Movement: Toniic CEO Stephanie Cohn Rupp discusses the future of impact investing
"Eventually, I think the victory will be when everyone who is investing ... can put their capital into impact," says Toniic CEO Stephanie Cohn Rupp. But can retail investors accurately assess their investments’ social impact? Is it responsible for pensions or IRAs to offer impact options? And which investments should qualify as "impact"? In part two of our Q&A, Cohn Rupp discusses these and other questions.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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Women and Money: Bridging the Financial Inclusion Gender Gap in the Global South
The urban poor in the Global South lack access to banking and financial services, and women are disproportionately affected. They are less likely than men to hold a bank account, to take out a loan, or to borrow money. This is a detriment to development since women are more likely to spend extra funds on their family, thereby improving food, education, and health. São Paulo, Mexico City, Nairobi, Bangalore, and Dhaka have taken various approaches to bridging the financial inclusion gender gap.
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- Impact Assessment
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Safaricom softens stance on opening up M-Pesa
Kenya’s largest mobile phone company Safaricom has softened its position on opening up its mobile money system M-Pesa to rivals.
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- Impact Assessment
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Why ‘Impact Investing’ Is The New Trend In Asian Markets
Michael Douglas' famous words from the 1987 movie Wall Street were 'Greed is good' and this quote has been the mantra for free market pundits and capitalist businessmen ever since.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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What Makes Toniic Tick? Part One of an Interview With Stephanie Cohn Rupp, CEO of the Impact Investor Network
Investing for social impact can be a risky business, and it helps if impact investors can leverage the knowledge of like-minded peers. Toniic, a global network of impact investors, aims to facilitate those interactions, bringing social entrepreneurs and investors together for the benefit of both. NextBillion Financial Innovation recently spoke with Toniic CEO Stephanie Cohn Rupp to discuss its approach, and the evolution of the sector.
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- Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
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Rwanda: Microsoft Chief Urges Youth, SMEs to Tap Into Online Resources to Drive Productivity
Increasing youth employment and enhancing small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) development through Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to boost the continent's productivity and alleviate poverty were some of the key issues at the just-concluded African Development Bank meetings.
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- Impact Assessment
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