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Microfinance is not good for teens

© Sukanto DebnathIt gives us a good feeling that microfinance is reaching out to poor women but some say that the same may not apply in case of teens. A number of those related to this field feel that microfinance to teenage girls could make them more vulnerable. Since the eighties when... more »

Indian Premier League goes green

© B. SandmanThis game attracts billions of dollars and is watched by millions of viewers across the world. One of the biggest cricket extravaganzas in the world, Indian Premier League or IPL has decided to go green and for this purpose has entered into a tie up with United Nation Environment... more »

Aavishkaar: India’s First Social Venture Capital Fund

Meet Vineet Rai, CEO of Aavishkaar, which can be termed as India's first social venture capital fund. With a corpus of just over Rs 1.65 billion, it is just a tiny drop in the Indian economy but that doesn't fetters Vineet. The social venture capital fund drawing cheers also challenges the... more »

Corporate Social Responsibility: It’s changing

© HowardLakeCorporate Social Responsibility or CSR is changing and definitely is changing for the better. The concept of CSR has been around since the early seventies but it entered the mainstream business a decade or earlier and its sustainability is yet another concept to be discussed.

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Seen that? - In Focus: Naandi

In Focus: Naandi Audeamus - How dare we... In March while I was in Hyderabad, India working on documenting a project the foundation I work for is involved with, we made a number of excursions to see social entrepreneurial and social ... more »

Seen that? - Microfinance, defined

Microfinance, defined at Audeamus - How dare we... (Photo from the World Bank) I've been slowly gathering links on microfinance and in that process I started to wonder how defined those words 'microfinance' and 'microcredit' and... more »