ONE ACRE FUND: CASE STUDY The scene is Bungoma‚ Kenya; Moises Postigo is a buyer interested in purchasing fertilizer on a large scale for his not-for-profit organization the One Acre Fund (OAF). OAF’s mission is to provide fertilizer to farmers “who have nothing” on a credit like system and when the farmers produce their crops a percentage of their supplus would be returned to OAF. Eventually the farmers would no longer need a “free hand out” and will be able to support themselves and their families
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Pau Search Fund Manifesto Overview I raised a search fund‚ drawing down the initial capital in September 2009 after originally writing my PPM in April and May 2009‚ (the months before I graduated HBS). I had been seriously considering raising a fund since September 2008 and in fall 2008 did a field study with a former unsuccessful searcher. The intention of this document is not to replicate anything that is in the excellent Stanford GSB reports but rather to give a personal perspective on the process
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My future perfect partner It is said a friend in need is a friend indeed. Same as partner‚ we really need partner in our life. An ideal partner possesses all the qualities of head and heart. It is easy to find partners many but difficult to choose perfect partners. God gives us relatives by virtue of being born in a family‚ but partners we can choose. To create the perfect partner‚ would take a lot of time. One’s personality is a very complex thing to describe. I would start off with their
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Intimate-partner violence is a crime that is affecting every sector of society‚ whether it involves same-sex‚ or heterosexual relationships. Intimate -partner violence does not discriminate against sexual orientation‚ religion‚ age‚ socio economic‚ educational levels‚ and ethnicity. The majority of domestic violence or intimate partner violence for many years involved only married women of heterosexual relationships‚ omitting couples whom were not married‚ ex-spouses‚ and dating. The phenomenon
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Hedge Fund Strategies Problem Set: Backtesting the Carry Trade (Macro Strategies) Prof. Andrea Frazzini In this problem set‚ you backtest the currency carry trade using the data provided in the accompanying Excel spreadsheet. You can do the problem set using Excel or any other program of your choice. Please answer in the space provided (no more than three pages for questions 1-6). 1. For each month of the sample‚ rank the countries based on their interest rate (hint: Excel has a function
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Arundel Partners: The Sequel project 1. Why do the principals of Arundel Partners think they can make money buying movie sequel rights? Why do the partners want to buy a portfolio of rights in advance rather than negotiating movie-by-movie to buy them? • The principals of Arundel Partners think they can make money buying movie sequel rights because they can use unpredictability of a movie’s success to their advantage. This can be done by exercising the right if the movie is a success
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Supervisor) Financial Analysis on Mutual Fund Schemes in SBI Mutual Fund INTRODUCTION Mutual fund is a trust that pools money from a group of investors (sharing common financial goals) and invest the money thus collected into asset classes that match the stated investment objectives of the scheme. Since the stated investment objectives of a mutual fund scheme generally form the basis for an investor’s decision to contribute money to the pool‚ a mutual fund can not deviate from its stated objectives
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said Davidman‚ a licensed marriage and family therapist in Oakland‚ Calif‚ who runs programs to help men and women decide if they want to be parents. Can you let go of certain things? Is your relationship happy? How do you and your partner resolve conflicts and so on? Raising a child is full of surprises. No matter how many books‚ parenting forums‚ and Doctor’s articles you read or even quiz you take. Nothing can fully prepare you for becoming a parent; making a baby isn’t as easy as it sounds. Some
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Richard II‚ by William Shakespeare‚ is a play about a King whom is a poor chose in spending his countries wealth‚ separated from his subjects‚ and makes unwise decisions for counsel. Richard II then begins to lease land to wealthy noblemen and takes the money from a deceased uncle to fund his lifestyle the commoners and other noblemen become outraged. In the play there are symbolisms to England as being like “Eden”; and the first symbolism and maybe one of the most significant ones is by John of
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are affected by violence and abuse. Domestic abuse refers to abuse against intimate partners‚ child‚ and elders. Abuse takes on many different forms physical‚ sexual‚ emotional and neglect when it comes to children and the elderly. Intimate partner abuse are violent acts done to but not limited to just women or heterosexual couples but it can happen to men and couples of the same sex. Children exposed intimate partner abuse can cause harm to their developmental and psychological health. Child abuse
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