A Global Award, an Illuminated Future
Tencent Core Founder and Philanthropist, Charles Chen Yidan, announces the launch of Yidan Prize the world’s biggest education award.
Accion Venture Labs: Inside the ‘Capital Plus’ model of impact investing with Nancy Widjaja
Accion Venture Labs: Inside the ‘Capital Plus’ model of impact investing by Nicholas Walton.
AVPN & Nishith Desai event: Dialogue with Prof Yunus and Paul Carttar
AVPN India and leading law firm Nishith Desai Associates held an event on 14th March in Mumbai with Nobel Prize winner Prof. Yunus. Prof Yunus shared his experience of creating a vibrant social business in the form of Grameen Bank which has led to the formation of the microfinance industry. Paul Carttar, founding president of […]
AVPN August 2014 Webinar: Poverty Eradication and Rural Community Development through Venture Philanthropy
Please find the webinar recording from 26th August 2014 and the powerpoint at the end of the post. South East Asia has experienced sustained economic growth over the past three years. However, negative spill overs such as widening income gap, inability of minority or marginalised participating in the growth and mismatched or limited growth in […]
AVPN March Activities in China: Launch of Chinese Publication on VP in Asia!
In the month of March AVPN conducted two presentations in Beijing on the subject of how to set up a Venture Philanthropy Fund as well as a deep dive into the Inspiring Scotland model. On March 6th, Andrew spoke at the CFPA Microfinance Salon, a series of get together seminar/lectures organized by CFPA […]
Caspian Impact Investment Adviser – IA in Financial Services, Agribusiness & Food and Affordable Housing in India
Caspian’s impact measurement philosophy is to encourage companies to collect data and to use their impact data to make better decisions internally.
Lok’s customized approach using external parties and internal observations
Lok Capital and its affiliate bodies take a “comprehensive and structured” approach to impact measurement, perceiving these evaluations as opportunities.
New EVPA EU Index Card: Public Procurement Reform
Adopted by the European Commission in October 2011, the Social Business Initiative (SBI) aims to improve the situation on the ground for social enterprises, by facilitating their access to finance, making them more visible and optimising their legal environment. EVPA has selected 4 of the SBI Key Actions as being particularly relevant for VP/SI practitioners. Should […]
