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Strengthening Luxembourg as a center of excellence in impact finance
No doubt that Luxembourg has been for a quite long time recognized as a place for the microfinance fund industry. But what about the nascent impact investing sector ? Competition in view in...
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Funding the SMEs in the Philippines : a true challenge to support an economic...
SMEs’ access to funding is not only a hot issue in the hold economies, as it has been the case in the EU for instance, as an aftermath of the financial crisis. Small entrepreneurs in emerging...
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Social business in the Philippines (3) : financing the “missing middle”
We continue our series with the case of a Manila-based finance company I recently visited whose mission is to fill the gap between microfinance and conventional banking. This company is worth being...
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Educational and vocational training in relation with social business is flourishing everywhere. Is it a good news ? Are we getting back to the reality ? Not so obvious … The classical theories of...
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5 reasons to invest with making a positive impact on the society
Over the last decades we have seen an ever-growing number of consumers paying more attention about what they eat (organic products, meals made of natural ingredients), because we have (re-)discovered...
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Can gamification save the world ? (2)
In a first article in this series related to the gaming sector, we showcased an example of game addressing the environment protection. According to different surveys, it seems to be possible to raise...
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Remuneration : how to address fairness, social peace and political stability ?
I recently attended a conference from the Sacred Heart University (John F. Welch College of business) in Luxembourg whose title was : “Is income distribution a problem ? Should manager...
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What will be the new drivers for happiness tomorrow ?
I recently attended a conference whose subject was : « Social responsibility of firms : a new paradigm ? ». This question is to put in perspective with what could be expected (rather hoped) from the...
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Reflections around the concept of “Sustainability 3.0”…
I came across a very interesting article on the blog of Vivian Partnership, a consultancy firm specialized in sustainable development. This article, dated January, 2014 introduces the concept of...
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Financial inclusion and SME financing in the Philippines
On December 6th, a conference was held at the initiative of meso IMPACT Finance, for the release of a study on the contribution of the financial services and the agricultural sector to the inclusive...
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