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The final day of the Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) 2014 Conference concluded with many more of your innovative ideas and applications for innovative finance in global development. During the opening plenary …

Marking day two of the Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) 2014 and it continued in the spirit of great ideas and fascinating conversations on the future of innovative finance. At the opening …

When E. H. Harriman, the President of the Southern Pacific Railroad, heard the news about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, he led the first train west to assess how the …

Yesterday was the first day of The Rockefeller Foundation's Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) 2014 journey. Kicking-off the day, Rockefeller Foundation president Dr. Judith Rodin took the audience through the foundation's …

I recently participated in a TwitterChat hosted by KickLoans, a peer-to-peer microlending platform that works toward financial inclusion. I was joined by a variety of philanthropic organizations, small business owners, …

Yesterday, the first results for the Peterborough social impact bond (SIB) were released and the outcomes are promising. Through a program related investment (PRI), The Rockefeller Foundation supported the Peterborough …

Impact investing—investment dollars designed to deliver both financial and social or environmental returns—is being used by investors to deliver social progress and secure a worthwhile economic return on their investment. The …

As written for The Power of Impact Investing: Putting Markets to Work for Profit and Global Good by Judith Rodin and Margot Brandenburg. "It's time for a fresh approach to our …