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Impact investing & Aboriginal community economic development : from fishing net to financial net

Impact investing is growing as a development approach to bring about positive social, environmental and economic impact for marginalized people in the developing world. But existing in a developed country like Canada, the Aboriginal communities are not getting enough attention due to lack of capacity, state dependency, state policies and negative perception among the stakeholders in the financial ecosystems. This thesis followed mixed methods participatory action research approach and had a deeper look on the present investment ecosystem and identified many barriers to investment for Aboriginal cooperative or social enterprise including negative stereotypes regarding Aboriginal communities impeding investing in cooperative or social enterprise. However, proper education, financial inclusion, awareness among stakeholders and engaging micro-investors in Aboriginal enterprises could improve the situation and develop opportunities for both the supply and demand side. / May 2016

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/31272
Date23 June 2014
CreatorsRony, Mohammad
ContributorsThompson,Shirley (Natural Resources Institute), Manchanda, Raj (Marketing) McLachlan, Stephane (Environment and Geography)
PublisherNew Leaf Associates, Inc.
Source SetsUniversity of Manitoba Canada
Detected LanguageEnglish

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