Lessons in protecting democracy for impact investors from the UK's record-breaking political donations: this week's view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
Autocracy is on the rise worldwide, and impact investors seem reluctant to step in. But large-scale transformations to health, education or the environment need a strong democratic base, the Latimpacto event heard last week.
Pioneers Post editors Julie Pybus and Anna Patton travel to the Amazon forest during the Latimpacto conference to meet local impact entrepreneurs – and shake out preconceptions.
Travel is said to broaden your horizons, and the Latimpacto conference in the Brazilian city of Manaus this week gave delegates an ideal opportunity to bring fresh eyes to their work. We asked them what they were reconsidering.
Getting away from the well-trodden capital cities is vital if impact investors are to fully understand Latin America, says Latimpacto, as the network’s fifth annual conference opens in the Amazon region of Brazil.
