Development Assistance ... Cash Transfers
Evidence Paper by DFID ... an example of self-serving analysis to justify programs that do not cost much and sound good

Macrae Dialog ... A networked society
An e-mail exchange around Social Business networking

Development Issues ... Community Centric Sustainable Development (CCSD)
George Kent's message asks about who will do the planning and to whom will the planners be accountable.

Development Issues ... People-Centered Economic Development
Dialog with Jeff Mowatt, Director, People-Centered Economic Development in the Keynes101rewind discussion

Food, Agriculture and Fisheries ... Niman Ranch sustainable flavorful food
VIDEO Sustainable Abundance ... Sarah Willis presents at the Stanford Sustainable Meat Conference

New Economics ... INET interview with Andrew Sheng, Summer 2011
VIDEO Andrew Sheng talking about economics

About Organizations ... Institute for New Economic Thinkling (INET)
VIDEO An introduction to the Institure for New Economic Thinking (INET)

New Economic Thinking ... Blain ... Some thoughts on alternative money
Ideas on money developed by the economist R. (Bob) Blain

New Economic Thinking ... Blain ... The Most Wealth for the Least Work
Read why we are not enjoying our natural destiny on earth, wealth and free time to enjoy life.

New Economic Thinking
300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds

People: Jean Oelwang
Interview with Virgin Unite CEO Jean Oelwang

People are Important ... People can make a differnce
The Smooch Project aims to improve society one person at a time ... the trailer is a good start!

Value Metrics
Dialog with Calvert Foundation
Investor Spotlight: Lisa Hall, President and CEO at Calvert Foundation, shares her perspective with the GIIN community.

Value Metrics
How do you monitor your social performance?
How do you monitor your social performance?

Metrics
Global Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS)
TO COME

Metrics
GIIRS ... Impact Investments
Launch of the World's First Ratings and Analytics Platform for Impact Investing: GIIRS-ratings for Funds and Companies

Metrics
GIIRS to be used by foundation in Africa
The Tony Elumelu Foundation Announces Commitment to Impact Investing and GIIRS Ratings & Analytics at The Clinton Global Initiative

The BlackList community
An interesting perspective

Collective Impact ... Action, Society and Economy
Collective Impact is an initiative to help get multiple actors to do things that support one another and multiply impact

Organizations ... Social Enterprise Associates
Using the power of business to solve social and environmental problems ... The big thing missing from the Social Enterprise Associates initiative is the metrics dimension ... they need to measure in order to manage.

Organizations ... Social Impact Exchange
An initiative in support of Social Impact ... The Exchange’s goal is to build the field of scaling and develop an efficient capital marketplace that provides reliable funding for scaling high-impact nonprofit initiatives.

Open Source Rating ... Public Sector Credit Solutions
Rating agency rebellion ... The for-profit credit rating agencies missed the financial crisis and the European debt crisis, says Marc Joffe of Public Sector Credit Solutions, which has a new, transparent way to assess debt

Organization ... Social Enterprise Associates
What about the issue of metrics? ... My email message in response to the Social Enterprise Associates Newsletter for Summer 2012

Media ... Bloomberg News
TPB Letter to the Editor ... July 23, 2012 ... Romney Outsmarts Obama in Fight Over Multinational Taxes

People ... Good People ... Durreen Shahnaz
Durreen Shahnaz has experience in both money profit markets as well as the more valuable social enterprise segment of the world's economy

Conferences ... Impact Investing Exchange Forum ... Singapore 2012
IIX and Shujog are proud to present an array of distinguished speakers at this year’s Impact Forum.

Initiatives ... Social Stock Exchange ... World's First Social Stock Exchange by Durreen Shahnaz
World's First Social Stock Exchange by Durreen Shahnaz

Initiative ... Social Capital Exchange ... Durreen Shahnaz
Durreen Shahnaz -- Defiant Optimism for Social Development

Initiative ... Social Capital Exchange ... Impact Forum 2012
Measuring Success: How to know when you are making an impact? part 1/6

Initiative ... Social Capital Exchange ... Impact Forum 2012
Measuring Success: How to know when you are making an impact? part 2/6

Initiative ... Social Capital Exchange ... Impact Forum 2012
Measuring Success: How to know when you are making an impact? part 3/6

Initiative ... Social Capital Exchange ... Impact Forum 2012
Measuring Success: How to know when you are making an impact? part 4/6

Initiative ... Social Capital Exchange ... Impact Forum 2012
Measuring Success: How to know when you are making an impact? part 5/6

Initiative ... Social Capital Exchange ... Impact Forum 2012
Measuring Success: How to know when you are making an impact? part 6/6

Initiatives ... Volans ... Going beyond what Sustainability was about
Based in London and Singapore, Volans is a future-focused business working at the intersection of the sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship movements.

People ... John Elkington ... A pioneer in the 'green' and 'sustainable' economy
Founding Partner & Executive Chairman of Volans in 2008 and also Co-founder of SustainAbility in 1987

Initiatives ... ImpactBase ... Data about the Impact Investment Sector
Global platform for investors to explore impact investing opportunities and explore the market landscape

Initiatives ... Impact Investing ... Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)
About Impact Investing ... impact investments are investments made in companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate social and environmental impact

Initiatives ... The New York Collaboration Cafe
Rachel McCullough-Sanden, Spencer Chiimbwe, and Christopher Macrae talking about The Collaboration Cafe ... 2008

Initiatives ... Social Business
Yunus at Lehman College. City University of New York ... August 2008 ... promoting social business

Initiatives ... Social Business
Muhammad Yunus discusses poverty at Elon University and how social business works

Initiatives ... Social Impact Bonds ... Betting on public good?
AJStream examines private investment in public services through social impact bonds.

Social Finance ... An asset class for double bottom line
What is Social Finance? ... a simple explanation by Janette Powell

Impact Investing ... An exchange for impact investing
Impact Investment Exchange, the Asia’s first Social Stock Exchange funded by the Rockefeller Foundation

Impact Investing ... Social Impact Investment Stock Exchange
Professor Durreen Shahnaz’s speech at Asian Private Banker Investment Advisory Summit Singapore 2012

Initiatives ... CIPE ... Center for International Private Enterprise
From 2002 ... The Role of Business Associations, Civil Society And Media In Addressing Corruption

Development Performance ... Dialog ... AfroNets Listserve
From 2002 ... the way in which development analysis is done is part of the problem, and the solution is to introduce analysis that results in better answers.

ATCnet ... The Transparency and Accountability Project
Accountability Program For Government

Initiative ... FATF ... Financial Action Task Force
2012 Report on Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering

ATCnet ... The Accountability Project
Overview ... Background

ATCnet ... The Accountability Project
Need for objective and independent and meaningful and universal information on the use and effectiveness of scarce material and financial resources.

ATCnet ... Project for Universal Accountability
Need for objective and independent and meaningful and universal information on the use and effectiveness of scarce material and financial resources.

ATCnet ... The Accountability Project
PRESS RELEASE

ATCnet ... The Accountability Project
A letter to UNDP Administrator Malloch-Brown proposing to assist in implementing transparency and accountability

ATCnet ... The Accountability Project
Independent Accountability by ATCnet for the Public

ATCnet ... The Accountability Project
Project for Universal Accountability Health and HIV-AIDS Projects

ATCnet ... The Accountability Project
Project for Universal Accountability Health and HIV-AIDS Projects

ATCnet ... The Accountability Project
Project for Universal Accountability E-List Conversations ... Subj: DotForce Objective Universal Accountability

ATCnet ... The Accountability Project
Universal Accountability for Government ... Conceptual Overview

ATCnet ... The Accountability Program
Overview ... ATCnet Program of Accountability for Government

ATCnet ... The Accountability Project
Overview ... ATCnet Accountability Program for Government

Initiatives ... wiser.org
An initiative aiming to bring actions to the community level

Breakthrough Capitalism ... A perspective from P-CED
THE BREAKTHROUGH CAPITALISM THAT ISN’T ... commentary from Jeff Mowatt of People Centered Economic Development (P-CED)

Initiatives ... PwC and TruCost
Corporate Reporting Breakthrough with Initial Results from PUMA’s Environmental Profit and Loss Account

Initiatives ... Trucost
True Cost has launched a new blog providing insight into the dependence of businesses on natural capital.

Initiatives ... Chris Chiaia ... United We Stand
Update from September 2012 ... ideas and initiatives that can make the world a better place

Ideas ... Initiatives ... PROgressive Utilization Theory ... PROUT
PROgressive Utilization Theory is a socio-economic philosophy that synthesizes the physical, mental and spiritual dimensions of human nature.

Initiatives ... Managing Carbon
Jock Gill ... Pyrolysis: Creating Carbon Negative Energy

Ideas ... Initiatives ... Indie Capitalism
David Nussbaum ... Can 'Indie Capitalism' Restore Free Market Competition? ... 4 Reasons Why The Future Of Capitalism Is Homegrown, Small Scale, And Independent

Ideas ... Initiatives ... Integrative Thinking
Definition of Integrative Thinking

Ideas ... Initiatives ... World Streets
LinkedIn connections ... Eric Britton

Ideas ... Initiatives ... Kirusa ... Ken Davies
LinkedIn Connections ...

Ideas ... Initiatives ... WorldStreets
What is the right price for free transportation ... free people transportation?

Good Works ... Better to Give than to Get
Video about successful Indian helping the untouchables

Initiatives ... IPA study initiative in Zambia
Innovations for Poverty Action(IPA) ... improving negotiating skills of girls in schools in Zambia

Initatives ... About Stuff
Story of Change ... Story of Stuff

Initiatives ... Slow Money NYC
Slow Money 2012 Jubilation! ... about the activities of Slow Money in the New York area in 2012

Initiative ... Global Footprint Network
Some descriptive material about the Global Footprint Network ... and initiative to deploy sustainability accounting

Initiatives ... Means of Exchange
Means of Exchange is a global initiative focusing on methods of economic self-sufficiency founded in 2012 by Ken Banks and his associates

Alternative Currency ... Deschutes Trade Exchange
I'll Trade You Mine If You Trade Me Yours ... Deschutes Trade Exchange offers alternative currency for local businesses ... founded by Thom Gates

Initiatives ... How To Change
Video and text ... What the Economic Crisis Really Means - and what we can do about it

Initiatives ... How To Change
Theo Kitchener ... How We Can Change the World

Initiatives ... LinkedIn
Data for Progress ... LinkedIn economic opportunity mapping

Social Media ... LinkedIn
The Future of LinkedIn and the Economic Graph ... by Jeff Weiner. LinkdIn CEO