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Deepening Impact through a Participatory Due Diligence Process
(IDS, 2019-06-14)Impact investing can create a disconnect between the needs of the people that an investment means to serve and the intentions of the investor. Based on work carried out in partnership with the Impact Investment team at the ... -
Linking Participation with Economic Advancement: PEKKA Case Study
(IDS, 2019-06-14)Grass-roots member-owned cooperatives for female heads of households in rural Indonesia (PEKKA) empower the women members through three economic activities: community-based microfinance through savings and borrowing; a ... -
Linking Participation and Economic Advancement: Buen Vivir Fund Case Study
(IDS, 2019-06-14)The Buen Vivir Fund is a participatory impact investment fund operating internationally. It was founded in 2018 by Thousand Currents, a non-governmental organisation, following a co-design process to conceptualise the Fund, ... -
Linking Participation and Economic Advancement. Ghana Civil Society Platform on the IMF Programme: Case Study
(IDS, 2019-06-14)Eleven Accra-based civil society organisations (CSOs) working on social accountability, anti-corruption and governance joined forces in November 2014 to influence the design, implementation and monitoring of the International ... -
The Delta of Impact: Mapping a Meta-Impact Pathway to Uncover Six Stepping Stones of Research Impact
(Institute of Development Studies and The Impact Initiative, 2019-06)This working paper explores how barriers to impact can be overcome using a unique methodology, devised to be collaborative and conducive, for understanding the many overlapping outcomes that add up to research impact from ...
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