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Voluntary Savings Accounts


Deposit or savings accounts held by clients in a financial institution (e.g., a microfinance institution) on a voluntary basis (i.e., clients are not required to maintain the accounts to access loans [..]
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Peri-urban


The areas immediately adjoining urban areas. Such areas are found outside formal urban boundaries and urban jurisdictions which are in a process of urbanization and which therefore progressively assum [..]
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Affordable housing


Housing for which the associated financial costs are at a level that does not threaten or compromise the occupants' enjoyment of other human rights and basic needs and that represents a reasonabl [..]
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AGRICULTURAL LAND


Agricultural Land may be defined broadly as land used primarily for production of food and fiber. Agricultural land subcategories identified in the Anderson Land Classification system include cropland [..]
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Assets


A resource controlled by an entity as a result of past events; and from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the entity. Anything tangible or intangible that is capable of being owne [..]
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Beneficiaries


Individuals for which the organization intends to provide opportunities through consumption, production, or distribution of its products or services.
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Benefit Corporation


Benefit Corporations are a new class of corporation that:1) Creates a material positive impact on society and the environment;2) Expands fiduciary duty to require consideration of non-financial intere [..]
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BIODEGRADABLE


Capable of decomposing under natural conditions. Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency
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Board of directors


A group of people legally responsible to govern a corporation and responsible to the shareholders and other relevant stakeholders. A governing body with a different name (e.g., "advisory body&quo [..]
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Business to Business


Organization operates by selling its goods or services to other businesses, formally or informally.
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