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This report discusses the newest developments of entrepreneurial pioneers implementing market-based innovations to serve the global poor. These ambitious entrepreneurs are taking great risks for little potential financial reward, but for tremendous potential social value. Such ideas have elicited a rush to the new field of ‘impact investing’. But the field is young and many investors report that they are struggling to find good opportunities in which to invest for impact.
KOH, H. KARAMCHANDANI, A. KATZ, R. (2012): From Blueprint to Scale: The case for philanthropy in impact investing. Arlington, VA: Monitor Group URL [Accessed: 07.03.2018] PDFThis publication provides the key definitions and concepts needed to understand low-income groups (referred to as the Base of the Pyramid) and partnerships with inclusive business.
PPPLAB (2015): Partnerships for Inclusive Business Development. URL [Accessed: 07.03.2018]The article sums up the history of water fluoridation in the US. It has appeared in Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective.
Sound governance is fundamental for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Establishing water governance assessment mechanisms will thus be an important aspect of any current or future development framework and can help us better recognize if countries are on the right reform track in developing their water resources and services for the greater good of society. This guide proposes a framework that can be applied as a starting point for any water governance assessment. As a part of water governance, the guide specifies approaches for assessments around water integrity and anti-corruption in the water sector. It also describes the usefulness of other assessment methodologies and presents relevant cases of how assessments can be applied.
This article lists up nine campaigns that made use of social media to spread the message about clean water.