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Modified January 14, 2014. GEO 105 - Energy Resources for the 21st Century. GEO 105 is offered at Stony Brook University. Energy Maps and Hyperlinks. This is a collection of maps and hyperlinks to information about various sources of energy and about climate change. Recent National Public Radio Stories on Energy. News on many energy topics. Renewable energy sources include biomass, geothermal heat, hydropower, osmosis, OTEC, sunlight, tides, ocean waves, and wind. Fossil fuels include oil, gas, and coal.

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Evidence Project | What We’ve Learned about Microfinance and World Hunger | Page 5

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What We're Learning about Microfinance and World Hunger. Observations of the USAID Evidence Summit Day One, December 12. Theme One: Invitation to a Conversation on Microfinance and World Hunger. December 2012 I Leave a comment. More about Dupas and Robinson on the Psychology of Saving Behavior. My last post (#42) provided a layman's summary for laymen of the paper by Pascaline Dupas and Jonathan Robinson (D and R) on Why Don’t the Poor Save More? December 2012 I Leave a comment. The academic discussions ...

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Impact on Household Poverty—the Poverty Gap and the Poverty Bubble | Evidence Project

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What We're Learning about Microfinance and World Hunger. Impact on Household Poverty the Poverty Gap and the Poverty Bubble. June 6, 2013. In Theme Three, I found that the more credible impact studies of access to microfinance had uncovered little statistically significant positive impact on household income and consumption. This general conclusion is affirmed by the just-released results of the impact study of Compartamos. Poverty reduction starts with poverty. Of MicroFinanza Rating and Sanjay Sinha.

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The Poverty Outreach of Savings Group Programs | Evidence Project

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What We're Learning about Microfinance and World Hunger. The Poverty Outreach of Savings Group Programs. June 9, 2013. The standard message from advocates is that savings group programs reach poorer people than do credit-led microfinance institutions (MFIs). In post # 78. Amounts of Loans and Savings on Deposit. Savings Groups at the Frontier. That loan size is as much a function of the provider’s policy and the availability of alternative providers as it is reflective of the borrower’s poverty status po...

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smart philanthropy: December 2009

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As the Director of Research at the philanthropic advisory firm Excellence in Giving, I bear the daily responsibility of providing strategic giving advice. Once a month I pause to share recent analysis of philanthropic ventures or unique giving opportunities. Wednesday, December 23, 2009. Philanthropy 2.0: Making a Difference Not a Donation. To capture this transition in philanthropy, I have created a presentation and have begun delivering it to different audiences in the past month. You can check out...

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smart philanthropy: October 2010

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As the Director of Research at the philanthropic advisory firm Excellence in Giving, I bear the daily responsibility of providing strategic giving advice. Once a month I pause to share recent analysis of philanthropic ventures or unique giving opportunities. Monday, October 11, 2010. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS FOR STRATEGIC GIVING. How do you identify a community's most outstanding needs? How do you know what can effectively address those needs? Excellence in Giving, LLC. Here is the short answer:. The sponso...

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Recent News | Penn School of Social Policy & Practice

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Click here for the. Updated June 27, 2014. Video: A Series to Explore Summer Learning Loss. The Notebook, June 27, 2014. Nancy Peter of the Out-of-School Time Resource Center talks about summer learning loss, how it impacts children and what parents can do to prevent it. Lifestyles, Attitudes and Technology Are Shaping Millennials’ Giving. Chronicle of Philanthropy, June 16, 2014. Katherina Rosqueta of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy is interviewed. Philly.com, March 28, 2014. The End of the Line.

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Business That Cares: May 2011

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Innovative Ideas For Profit, Purpose, and People. Monday, May 30, 2011. GiveBackMail Launches First Email Service that Donates to Charity. GiveBackMail Donates to the causes users care about every time they use email. Los Angeles, CA – May 23, 2011 – Over the last decade, we have seen a dramatic change in philanthropy and today, with the launch of GiveBackMail, another significant milestone has been reached. GiveBackMail is secure, easy-to-use and donates a quarter of its profits directly to the selected...

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Business That Cares: October 2011

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Innovative Ideas For Profit, Purpose, and People. Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Insurance Giant Allianz Backs Wildlife Works’ REDD Campaign. Insurance giant Allianz backs Wildlife Works’ REDD campaign to save the world’s threatened forests. This groundbreaking REDD project will result in the avoidance of over 1 million tonnes of CO2-e emissions per year for the next 30 years while protecting endangered wildlife and bringing the benefits of carbon finance to more than 100,000 people in the surrounding comm...