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What´s Holding Back the BoP Housing Sector?: The need is clear – so where’s the investment?
UN statistics indicate that some 67 new low-income housing units are needed somewhere in the world every minute. BoP housing and related infrastructure is massively ripe for investment, with an estimated profit potential of between US$ 177 and US$ 648 billion up to the year 2020. So why hasn’t this investment happened? Unfortunately, there are a number of reasons.
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- Investing
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- housing, infrastructure
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Weekly Roundup – 6/15/13: Keeping the spigot of funding flowing to SGBs
Looking over Impact Report 2012 by the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), which zeros in on the state of small and growing businesses (SGBs) – particularly those with the potential for reducing poverty – I was reminded of the old idiom about the half-full (or half-empty) glass of water.
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Building the Evidence Base for SGBs: ANDE hosts 5th Metrics from the Ground Up Conference
In 2009, ANDE hosted the first Metrics from the Ground Up conference in partnership with the Grassroots Business Fund. This event dedicated two days to the discussion of impact measurement, bringing together data wonks, evaluation specialists, technology gurus, and SGB sector practitioners - the whole ecosystem of people we needed to start building intelligence on the sector. Fast-forward four years, and ANDE is planning to host its fifth Metrics from the Ground Up conference on June 12-13.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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The G8 Social Impact Investing Forum: A defining moment on the world stage
Impact investing arrived on the world stage last week, heralded as a transformative tool with the potential to reshape global capital markets in the years to come. Impact investing, very simply defined, is investing which generates both a social and financial return. The forum was sponsored by the UK government, conceived of by the Big Society Capital Chairman Sir Ronald Cohen and attended by impact investment professionals from across the globe with delegates representing all of the G8 nations.
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- Investing
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Unfinished Business
Winston Churchill said it best when he concluded, "democracy is the worst form of government ....except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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66th World Health Assembly: 5 takeaways
The 66th World Health Assembly concluded with a number of resolutions and action plans adopted and approved in the more than week-long conference.
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- Health Care, Investing
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Accion’s Venture Lab Closes Initial Investments in Financial Inclusion Start-Ups
Accion announced the first five investments by Venture Lab, its $10 million seed capital initiative, which invests in start-up companies that help expand global financial inclusion. A pioneer and leader in bringing financial services to the underserved, Accion launched Venture Lab in April, 2012.
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Re-evaluating Impact Evaluation: Why solely focusing on financials is flawed and other key points from a recent workshop
Organizations struggle to develop robust impact evaluations. If poorly designed and executed, an evaluation can result in misleading conclusions and waste precious resources. A recent workshop hosted by the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs focused on outcomes data collection and analysis. Anyone concerned with social impact measurement, will want to check out these key points.
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- Education, Impact Assessment, Investing
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