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Outcomes-Based Financing: The Quality Education India Development Impact Bond

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In 2018, India’s annual ASER survey indicated that the average Grade V student in India is at least two years behind in grade-appropriate learning. The Faculty Insight Accountability is the new black. The Darden School of Business’ Institute for Business in Society partners with Concordia and the U.S.

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Investing Responsibly: ESG and the Well-Intentioned Investor

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We witness with seeming regularity the importance of ESG factors through such high-profile incidents such as Enron’s fraud (2001), the VW “Dieselgate” emissions test scandal (2015) and Facebook’s personal data privacy breach (2018). and Stacy Cooper Bicentennial Professor of Business Administration, John G.

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EMPROPAZ: Financial Inclusion in a Refugee Crisis

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The Impact Between December 2018 and June 2023, 197,000 people — 59 percent of them women and 35 percent with no more than a primary education — accessed financial services and specialized training.

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The Partnership for Central America: Encouraging Economic Development

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Over 400,000 individuals were brought into the formal economy with bank accounts and/or access to credit by Mastercard, Accion, Davivienda and Bancolombia. Central America accounts for 17 percent of the estimated unauthorized immigrant population in the U.S. Assistant Professor of Business Administration. The Insights.

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SAMRIDH: Using Blended Finance Toward Quality Health Care in India

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Business, Ethics & Society. Finance & Accounting. This article was developed with the support of Darden’s Institute for Business in Society , at which Maggie Morse is director of programs. 2 NATHEALTH and PwC, Financing and Funding Indian Healthcare: Navigating the Turbulent Tide, 2018, [link]. Fri, 08/26/2022 - 09:59.

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Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation: Inclusive Economic Growth

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The impacts are evident in a country where agriculture accounts for more than 25 percent of GDP and approximately 70 percent of export earnings, as well as employs around 80 percent of the population. This article was developed with the support of Darden’s Institute for Business in Society , at which Maggie Morse is director of programs.