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October 1, 2012
Gaps in impact investment capital curve
This post by the SSIR (Stanford Social Innovation Review) reviews the three key players active in the impact investment scenario – innovators, scalers, and infrastructure players. It is the scalers who are usually the recipients with the access to the kind of capital they want, and not the early stage […]
October 1, 2012
Investment Readiness in the UK
This report, supported by the Big Lottery Fund and conducted by ClearlySo and New Philanthropy Capital gauges the ‘investment-readiness’ of firms that have social objectives and need investment to scale their operations. Read the report here.
October 1, 2012
A brief handbook on social investment
This handbook by the City of London Corporation explains how to successfully build an impact investment marketplace to facilitate the growth of social ventures and enterprises. Read it here.
September 21, 2012
Israeli government to help teach green tech to Indian farmers
A world class agricultural research institute on farming training is to be set up in the Indian state of Gujarat due to a collaboration with the Government of Israel. Read more here.
September 21, 2012
India: University teaches people how to convert solid waste to manure
Banaras or Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has always had sanitation problems, with even its municipal corporation failing with solid waste management. Now, an initiative by department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), Banaras Hindu University (BHU) to teach villagers how to convert […]
September 21, 2012
NERICA – New Rice for Africa
Dr Monty Jones was commissioned to research on rice varieties for West African drought and famine conditions when he joined WARDA (Upland Rice Breeding Programme at the Africa Rice Centre) and the result has been a landmark rice variety that he calls NERICA. It has shorter life cycle, and is […]
September 21, 2012
Africa’s farmers as agents of change
This post by the President of AGRA (Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa) talks about the potential of Africa and its farmers to be a source of food security globally. Read more here.
September 21, 2012
Uganda: The benefits of Multifunction Energy Platform (MFP)
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) helped develop MFP (Multifunction Energy Platform), a mounted engine which has several uses – cassava chipper, miller and hullers for rice and maize, and an oil press. This last apparatus is set to help farmers a lot as unprocessed sunflower seeds sell for as much as […]
September 21, 2012
Vietnam: Farmers deserve more help from the government
In an ongoing debate, while the Government of Vietnam insists that the condition of the nation’s agricultural system and that of the farmers will benefit from better rice storage mechanisms, other private sector stakeholders present their arguments stating otherwise, insisting that what farmers need is more practical support. Read more […]
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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..