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July 19, 2024
Founders vs. Funders: How the Two Sides of the Investing Relationship Can Foster More Effective Collaboration to Maximise Impact at Scale
Funders in the social impact space and founders of social ventures depend on one another to drive positive change at scale. The journey to scaling impact is non-linear, multifaceted and rife with challenges
March 13, 2024
Africa Must Take Charge of its Own Development Agenda: Here’s How Impact Investors Can Support It
Economies across Africa are facing some serious headwinds, from rising inflation and regional instability to a lack of foreign currency and the high cost of capital. According to McKinsey, Africa’s growth slowed from 2010-2019, and while the continent’s GDP increased…..
March 13, 2024
Impact Management Moves Toward Standardization: How Investors are Harmonizing Their Practices — And Where More Progress is Needed
mpact investors, especially development finance institutions (DFIs), are crucial for channeling investments into emerging markets and promoting sustainable economic growth and other positive development impacts…..
March 13, 2024
Insights to Impact: A weekly briefing on creating sustainable and inclusive growth
This digest offers insights that can help business decision makers identify new opportunities for innovation, growth, and impact…..
March 13, 2024
10 million reasons for the private sector to invest in social enterprise
A first-in-kind research by the Schwab Foundation’s Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship finds that there are approximately 10 million social enterprises worldwide. ….
December 27, 2023
A New Approach to Philanthropy: Why the Sector Must Prioritize Systems Change — And How Funders Can Respond
The field of philanthropy has grown in dynamism and innovation in recent years. Nowhere is this more apparent than in its efforts to address the root causes of challenges like growing inequality, extreme weather events and divisive politics.
December 27, 2023
Empowering Emerging Fund Managers in Underserved Markets: The Role of Development Finance Technical Assistance
Established in 2020 as a business-to-business marketplace connecting African producers to global buyers, Kwely quickly established traction with a revenue-generating model
December 27, 2023
The Next Generation of DFI Technical Assistance: Why it’s Time for Development Finance Institutions to Take a Standardised Approach
The past two decades have seen remarkable expansion in the scope, scale and aspiration of development finance institution technical assistance (DFI TA)
December 27, 2023
How to Tell Real Stories About Impact
Organizations want to tell stories about their impact to ensure people understand what they do, why they do it, and why they should continue to be funded to do it.
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GST 2.0 and Tax Cuts: Can They Make Growth Fairer and Greener?
India's latest GST reform, being termed as GST 2.0, is more than just slashing rates. By simplifying the tax structure, cutting levies on essentials, and supporting renewable infrastructure, it's open..
Reimagining Sports in CSR: From Tokenism to a Vehicle for Multiplying Impact
In 2023–24, Indian companies spent about ₹1,396 crore of their CSR budgets on sports — just 4% of the total ₹34,909 crore Indian corporates spent on CSR that year. Most of the rest went to edu..
Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
Under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), India has 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) spread across 27 states and 6 Union Territories. Each of these small, self-governed, and peer-co..