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Pakistan patches up a startup culture tattered by disorder

With unrest stirring, Pakistan needs leaders to provide constructive answers to society’s challenges. Social entrepreneurs can do that, but they need mentors, says a recent report by the Economic Policy Group.

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Extreme by design: Film tracks the world's biggest little ideas

Innovative, life-changing products offer simple solutions to complex problems in impoverished places. But their conception is often anything but simple.

RENEWABLE ENERGY GONE WRONG: A CAUTIONARY TALE FOR IMPACT INVESTORS

FOR NGOS, SELF-MEASUREMENT IS RARE BUT PRECIOUS

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For NGOs, self-measurement is rare but precious

Each year, promising new approaches to global problems fail. Better evaluations could tell us why.

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Renewable energy gone wrong: a cautionary tale for impact investors

Acción Energía’s controversial wind farm on Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec shows the dark side of “positive social investments” that ignore their impact on the local community.

A co-op in Haiti is creating a skilled class of agriculture leaders

A new impact fund will wed cash investments with training

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'Social franchising' is hot, but it's easier said than done

Luvuyo Rani, a teacher-turned-entrepreneur, hopes to lead a computing revolution with his low-cost internet cafes.

GBF directly assists companies in its portfolio with setting up their businesses. Photo: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151242669923058&set=pb.38287283057.-2207520000.1359077029&type=3&theater">Grassroots Business Fund (Facebook)</a>

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New impact fund will wed cash investments with training

A U.S.-based hybrid impact investment fund is moving to invest $47 million, which it secured in a deal announced in early December.

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As aid to Haiti slows, a private co-op scores loans and turns heads

This article was republished by The Christian Science Monitor.

Renewable energy could increase by up to 50 times current production with the right support in Yemen. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034363486@N01/1462086624/">Mike Weston (Flickr)</a>

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Social startup hits barriers of capital and stability in Yemen

An exciting all-women startup in Yemen has great ideas to solve an energy crisis but needs more than a good business plan to be commercially successful.