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Microcredit isn’t dead
The concept — reducing poverty in impoverished countries by giving very small loans to people without collateral — was once the most promising innovation in development economics. But after its inception in the early 1980s and its subsequent explosion in the following decades, one thing was missing: results.
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- Impact Assessment
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Some of the Best Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) Stocks of 2016
There's been a growing movement for investors to care not only about their own financial gain but also about the good of their community. The movement often is called SRI, which stands for socially responsible investing.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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East Africa’s ‘largest’ solar plant now in operation
What is claimed to be East Africa’s largest solar offering is now online in the form of the 10MW PV plant in Soroti, Uganda. Located on just over 13 hectares of land and comprised of 32,680 modules, the facility is also the country’s first grid-connected plant and will provide enough clean energy to power 40,000 homes.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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Saudi Arabia: Land of Female-Led Social Entrepreneurship?
When Saudi nonprofit leader Lujain Al Ubaid travels abroad, she often finds herself in the unenviable position of having to explain her culture. Saudi Arabia, the perception goes in the West, suppresses women, forcing them to wear headscarves and forbidding them the chance to get behind the wheel.
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- Impact Assessment
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- North Africa & Near East
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B Lab Honors World’s Leading Impact Investors Using New GIIRS System
B Lab, in partnership with B the Change Media, announced today the honorees of the 2016 Best for the World Funds, celebrating 50 impact investment funds that have created exceptional social and environmental impact, including in areas of microfinance and technology.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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Toniic T100: Launch Report Offers New Insights From The Frontier Of Impact Investing
Toniic Institute, the global action community for impact investors, today released T100: Launch "Insights from the Frontier of Impact Investing," in a presentation at the GIIN Investor Forum 2016 in Amsterdam. It is the first report in a longitudinal study of impact investing portfolios of Toniic members, starting with 51 portfolios.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- data, impact investing
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Impact Investing Buzz: GIIN and Toniic Mix with Growth Reports
The knock on impact investing – both within and outside of the industry – is the lack of long-term data and platforms to observe deals in a more transparent way. The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) and Toniic, arguably the industry’s most influential trade groups, both released studies designed to turn around some of those perceptions. The reports were unveiled at the GIIN Investor Forum 2016 on Wednesday in Amsterdam.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing, research
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GIIN Impact Investing Trends Analysis Report Finds Sustained Growth in Assets, and High Level of Satisfaction with Financial Returns Among Investors
A study released by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) at the opening today of its two-day Investor Forum 2016 in Amsterdam found that impact investors reported substantial growth over the last three years.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- impact investing, research
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