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Scaling Frontier Innovations and Entrepreneurship

The development challenges facing our region are vast and in order for our developing countries neighbours to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 new innovative solutions, business models for scale and new sources of private capital will need to be mobilised. One source of funds that can be leveraged for development outcomes and can contribute to the gap in financing for the SDGs is the new field of private equity called Impact Investing. Impact Investors invest in social entrepreneurs and businesses with a social impact to help them grow and increase their impact in developing countries. The Scaling Frontier Innovations and Entrepreneurship initiative will deliver development outcomes in South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific by supporting social entrepreneurs to grow their innovative businesses and scale their impact. This will be achieved by encouraging and facilitating private capital to enter the region, building the capacity of organisations that work with bu

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USD 354K budget·USD 337K disbursed·DFAT Australian Aid implementer·Nepal location·Jan 1, 2016 → Jun 30, 2020 timeline

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The development challenges facing our region are vast and in order for our developing countries neighbours to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 new innovative solutions, business models for scale and new sources of private capital will need to be mobilised. One source of funds that can be leveraged for development outcomes and can contribute to the gap in financing for the SDGs is the new field of private equity called Impact Investing. Impact Investors invest in social entrepreneurs and businesses with a social impact to help them grow and increase their impact in developing countries. The Scaling Frontier Innovations and Entrepreneurship initiative will deliver development outcomes in South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific by supporting social entrepreneurs to grow their innovative businesses and scale their impact. This will be achieved by encouraging and facilitating private capital to enter the region, building the capacity of organisations that work with bu

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