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Building renewable energy capacities crucial for India’s energy independence and economic growth

Energy by its nature and use plays a crucial role in economic production and therefore in economic growth of a country. As a ‘strategic commodity’, any uncertainty in its supplies can have cascading effects on the growth potential particularly for developing economies. India still tagged as a ‘developing nation’, is […]

February 24, 2015

Building the evidence base for the Social Impact Investment market

Emerging markets today, face the unenviable task of balancing the dual objectives of attaining and sustaining economic growth momentum and addressing rising social challenges at the same time. Efforts towards both must be simultaneous rather than linear. Progress on one of the fronts serves as a harbinger of progress on the […]

February 23, 2015

Engaging with women for driving the BOP clean energy agenda

As the shadow cast by climate change worldwide expands, the signs of its potentially lethal impact loom large, particularly on emerging economies. Predominantly agrarian in nature, most emerging economies have large rural populations which are at the extreme receiving end of this impact. Further, within the rural populace, women as […]

January 25, 2014

5 reasons why FDI in retail makes sense for India

After several of deliberations with all possible stakeholders, the government of India had decided to open the gates for foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. Events however, took a dramatic turn recently with the newly elected Delhi government overturning the national policy decision by disallowing FDI in supermarkets in […]

January 14, 2014

Qualifying social work as CSR is a welcome suggestion but India Inc. needs to look beyond philanthropy

The passing of the Companies Act 2013 marks a definitive step by India towards institutionalizing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). As the final contours of the new law, set to come into effect from FY 2014-15, are given shape, India Inc. has asked the Government to allow the value of pro […]

December 26, 2013

What do Olympic athletes and developing country entrepreneurs have in common?

This Devex post talks about the need for an entrepreneurship enabling ecosystem in developing countries, as an integral part of spurring entrepreneurship as a means to enhancing economic growth. Like athletes, social entrepreneurs invest ‘blood and sweat’ in their efforts – their enterprises. Unlike athletes, they do not have enabling […]

December 26, 2013

UK: Allia raises £4.2million bond funding for Cambridge capital

Social finance charity Allia has raised a sum of £4.2million in bonds to pay for a Future Business Centre which will provide office and working space for a total of 50 charities and social purpose organizations in the UK. Read more here.

December 26, 2013

Five stages of grief for a failed social entrepreneur

This post by a social entrepreneur describes the five stages of ‘grief’ for a ‘failed’ social entrepreneur, someone who has not yet struck gold in his efforts to combine financial returns and social objectives. These stages include denial, blame, self-flagellation, learning, and finally, picking yourself up and starting again. Read […]

December 26, 2013

China is fertile landscape for social enterprises

China’s industrial spirit is fanning the fires for a social enterprise funding ecosystem, at the same place where charities have failed due to corruption scandals. A strong entrepreneurial culture and the expectation that the wealthy must give back to the poor is supportive of the trend of emerging social enterprise […]