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March 17, 2012
“Impact at Scale: Policy Innovation for Institutional Investment with Social and Environmental Benefit”: An InSight and Harvard Report
InSight, the thought leadership practise at Pacific Community Ventures has had a history of providing resourceful research on impact investment to some of the most prominent investment and philanthropic bodies in the United States. InSight recently collaborated with the Initiatives for Responsible Investment at Harvard University to produce the report […]
February 22, 2012
Japanese companies are displaying increasing appetite for BOP business models
Unlike their US and EU counterparts, Japanese corporations have so far been considered as late movers in tapping the BOP market with innovative, inclusive and profitable business models. However, this trend has been fast changing as the Japanese government, through bodies like Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan […]
February 21, 2012
India’s reverse bidding approach aimed at making solar FiT market based
Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) is a crucial aspect of any country’s solar policy aimed at developing the market for solar energy. Policymakers worldwide have been experimenting with approaches to determine the right FiT as a one-size-fits-all strategy is still a distant dream, given that the solar sector is at its nascent stage […]
February 18, 2012
‘Accountability’ to fill the gaps in aid availability for malnourished children, West Bengal, India
About 925 million people in the world suffer food scarcity and hunger, of which 578 million people are in the Asia and Pacific Region. Lack of awareness for correct dietary practices is perhaps the biggest cause for malnutrition, second only to the all-pervading (as the numbers suggest) poverty and lack […]
January 3, 2012
“Impact Investing”: The Rockerfeller Foundation funded study on the role of Governmental Policies in catalysing the effects of Impact Investment
Impact Investing should see a global rise given the prevalent global economic hassles, the current lowering of interest in almost every national central bank and volatile state of financial markets. The report “Impact Investing: A framework for Policy Design and Analysis”, a joint effort of InSight at Pacific Community Ventures […]
December 22, 2011
Scaling of vocational Education and employment in India
GRAS Academy is the pioneer in introducing a vocational skills training institute in India. Their no-frills approach to vocational and special industry oriented courses gives the underserved youth of the country the chance of finding skilled and hence a better paying employment. GRAS Academy offers training in the field of […]
December 10, 2011
The AMRI Fire
Our deepest sympathies for the relatives of those who died in the AMRI fire of Kolkata, on the morning of December 9th, 2011. This is an event that could have been prevented, and its entire course confirms the negligence of people in positions of power. This is result of the […]
December 9, 2011
How Consumer Protection Policies can be constructed closely based on effective Consumer Research
This particular CGAP study establishes their expertise in exhibiting a distinct understanding of the issue of being able to integrate consumer research into financial consumer protection policy-construction. CGAP uses a three-fold research methodology here: (1) Consumer Group Discussions, where guided by a moderator, a small group of people interact, (2) […]
August 4, 2011
The great Indian consumption divide continues as per NSSO Survey 66th Round
On 8th July 2011, the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the key indicators of household consumer expenditure in India based on data collected in its 66th round survey during July 2009 – June 2010. NSS surveys on consumer expenditure are conducted quinquennially (every […]
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GST 2.0 and Tax Cuts: Can They Make Growth Fairer and Greener?
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Reimagining Sports in CSR: From Tokenism to a Vehicle for Multiplying Impact
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Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
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