January 2010

Barking the wrong tree in emerging economies

Please read the article below then proceed to the test question on assessing your knowledge of environment management, climatic change and nature of emerging economies:

US philanthropic organisation, the Rockefeller Foundation, supporting plans for first social stock exchange in Singapore

The future looks bright for social entrepreneurs needing funds to support their causes. An interesting article below.

By Channel NewsAsia

SINGAPORE: Plans are underway for Asia's first social stock exchange to be set up in Singapore.

US philanthropic organisation, the Rockefeller Foundation, is donating a sum of money to support the establishment of the social stock exchange. It is awarding US$495,000 to the Singapore-based agency, Impact Investment Exchange (IIX).