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Social Finance CEO Tracy Palandjian at BSR Conference 2012

Thursday October 25, 2012

Joyce Sood, Former Digital Communications Manager, BSR

Tracy Palandjian, CEO and Cofounder of Social Finance, shares the story of the social impact bond at the BSR Conference 2012.

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Joyce Sood, Former Digital Communications Manager, BSR

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