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12 aspects of the New York social impact bond

While much has been published about the potential of the social impact bonds that have recently been piloted in New York and Massachusetts, the exact working of these bonds is still blurry for the layman. This post lays down the definitive features of these bonds, adding clarity with a pictorial […]

September 15, 2012

US$4 billion planned for investment in social enterprise in 2012

According to data in a report by GIIN (Global Impact Investment Network) and JP Morgan, investors view social enterprising a market in its infancy, one that could grow to the worth of up to US$4billion in 2012. Read more about it and the implications for markets in India in particular, […]

September 15, 2012

US: ‘Millennials’ keen on impact investing

US is going to experience an event as never before in its history – a record US$41 trillion will change hands as ‘baby boomers’ age and pass on their wealth to their successors, who are largely referred to as ‘Millennials’, those who were born between 1978 and 2000. The good […]

September 15, 2012

The next 20 years of impact investing

This post by the President and CEO of the Calvert Foundation talks about the subtle changes happening in the investment realm, where both institutional as well as individual investors are increasingly more inclined to commit at least some portion of their investable assets to social impact investment. Read more here.

September 15, 2012

Marrying ‘cash and change’: the spread of social stock markets globally

This post details the emergence of social stock exchange markets, that is, stock exchange markets serving only socially oriented companies, and talks about the existing social stock exchanges, while listing those upcoming in the future as well. Read more here.

September 15, 2012

The First Billion: A forecast of social investment demand

This report by the Boston Consulting Group talks about a series of favourable trends in the investment market, like increased outsourcing of public services to charities and social enterprises, which will effectively make the social investment market worth £1billion by 2016. Read it here.

September 15, 2012

Tanzania: Minister vows to boost Cassava production

Cassava holds immense potential as cash crops as well as a staple food for the diet of people in Tanzania, and hence a boost in its production would be the government’s priority, according to Engineer Christopher Chiza, Minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives. Read more here.

September 15, 2012

Gambia government helps its farming youth

In an initiative to prevent Gambian youth from emigrating to Europe, the Gambian government has provided farmers in the 10 most vulnerable districts of the country with inputs like power tillers, tractors, rice threshers, seeders, sine hoes and bags of fertilisers. This is helped the youth farmers raise incomes as […]

September 15, 2012

IFAD pledges US$41 million for agriculture and rural development in Yemen

The outcome of the recent Yemen’s Transitional Program for Stabilization and Development held in Saudi Arabia was that Yemen is now set to receive US$41 million from IFAD to develop new agriculture projects in the country. In total, US$6.4 billion has been pledged to Yemen towards its ‘short and medium […]