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Tom's Shoes succeeds at marketing, but Warby Parker wins for a better...
More consumers are choosing products that are both hip and support a cause. Photo:mariahfleming (Flickr)This article was republished in The Christian Science Monitor.We already know that good...
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Death by Finance: Why For-Profit MFIs are Giving Microfinance a Bad Name
A rise in borrower suicides in India has raised questions about the for-profit microfinance model. Photo: Mayur Paul/HelpAge International (Flickr)"Work hard and make money. Do not take loans.”That was...
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Frontier Market Scout
Frontier Market Scouts Program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies Social Enterprise and Impact Investment Management FellowshipThe Frontier Market Scouts (FMS) Program selects and...
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The world's coolest social innovations (Video)
Welcome to the future of social engineering. (Video, 25 minutes)If someone recommended a movie about super-rats, mobile sewers and electric soccer balls you’d probably think it was something out of...
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Too little data, too few opportunities: Impact investment's difficult...
Impact investment has to grow up before the serious cash can flow. Photo: AMagill (flickr)Impact investing faces serious obstacles before reaching its market potential.The "Gateways to Impact" study...
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Trash-to-purses project pays Filipinos to fend off floods
Clogged drain or fabric store, which do you see? Photo:Sustainable Sanitation (Flickr)One man’s trash is another’s flood prevention. An entrepreneur and environmentalist fights flooding in the...
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Different strokes for different folks: Why young entrepreneurs need...
A woman from the Konso district of Ethiopia makes shoes. Photo: Joni Kabana for Mercy Corps(flickr)One size doesn't fit all: Facing a youth unemployment crisis, a new report offers NGOs guidance on...
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How to find the world's best urban designs: An interview with Cynthia Smith
With the population of the world's urban areas exploding, creative city planning and design is more important and vibrant than ever. Photo: Design with the other 90%"Design With the Other 90%:...
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Marrying cash and change: social 'stock markets' spread worldwide
Soon social enterprises will have stock exchanges all their own; fancy architecture might take time flickr, stevecadmanThis article was republished by The Christian Science Monitor.For those looking to...
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Buy this forest! The Nature Conservancy puts idle capital to work for the planet
The "Conservation Note" should protect large parcels of land from commercialization Flickr, Adam Walker CleavelandWith its new "Conservation Note" initiative, the Nature Conservancy is giving back to...
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To feed its growth, India weighs coal subsidies against solar ones
Mera Gao Power: Men installing solar panelsCould decentralized, solar energy be the solution to India’s power poverty?Indian solar advocates are sounding alarms that government response to the...
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Clean cookstoves in Mozambique lure big investors
Traditional cooking fire in Myanmar. Photo: B. Manser for Mercy Corps. This article was republished by The Christian Science Monitor .When it comes to investing in a clean cookstoves project, Triple...
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How to make social impact bonds work for the global South
With these tips SIB's might be ready to do some globe trotting Photo: dcgreer (flickr)Social impact bonds are popping up the world over, and consulting firm Instiglio has five tips for investors and...
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