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Can Pokemon Go Augment Global Health Reality?
We wondered if global health practitioners had hopes about the Pokemon Go craze helping to amplify their message, raise money and/or recruit volunteers and patients. So we reached out to some of NextBillion’s recent health care writers, asking them if they’ve thought of any practical applications Pokemon Go might have in the work that they do, day to day.
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- Health Care
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Weekly Roundup: A $350 Million Boost for New Antibiotics, a ‘Brain Drain’ Dilemma and an Impact Investing ‘Ghetto’
With the global health threat posed by antibiotic resistance, it was kind of a big deal this week when a public-private partnership came up with $350 million to encourage pharmaceutical companies to make new antibiotics. We cover that story – along with the challenges of doctor migration, a landmark legal case against fossil fuel companies, and a provocative discussion on women's role in impact investing – in this roundup.
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- Environment, Health Care, Investing
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Mobile Money Meets Microcredit: Creating an Evidence-Based Cross-Sell Strategy
Financial institutions serving low-income communities regularly turn to cross-selling to engage clients. But they don't always consider the particular needs of clients themselves. Based on its research on cross-sell initiatives, Bankable Frontier Associates explores what it takes to enhance clients’ engagement and encourage them to actively use multiple products with an institution over time.
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The Power of Partnerships: Why They Can Be the Key to Reaching the Unbanked
In a world of rapid change, few organizations have all the capabilities needed to accomplish every aspect of their business - something that's clearly true for commercial banks. That's why financial institutions often find success in adapting to new opportunities through partnering. In a new publication, the Center for Financial Inclusion explores how banks use partners to adopt new technologies and reach previously underserved markets.
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Accelerating the Shift to a Sustainable Future: How Entrepreneurs Can Solve the World’s Greatest Challenges
For the past 11 years, Agora Partnerships has supported the efforts of purpose-driven entrepreneurs to change their communities, their countries and the world. It has now aligned its work with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and its CEO, Ben Powell, discusses how those goals will affect its work.
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- Social Enterprise
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Impact Investing Conference at the Vatican: New Perspectives From Both Sides
The Second Vatican Conference on Impact Investing brought together leaders from the Catholic Church and impact investment communities to discuss the role of impact investing for the poor. The two groups found strong overlap not only in their shared goals of helping the poor, but also in the ways that they measure social impact.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing, Social Enterprise
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Seven Questions for Career Seekers – Finding Your Niche in Sustainable Development
In the fifth and final post in a series exploring careers in social innovation and global sustainable development for STEM professionals, Khanjan Mehta gives advice on how to get your foot in the door and network in order to "test-drive" different organizations. At the end of the day, he says, it's all about finding the right fit.
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- Education
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Weekly Roundup: Uruguay smokes ‘Big Tobacco’, Safaricom ups the ante, critic pens a (RED) herring
Uruguay wins a major legal battle against a huge tobacco company, Safaricom ups the ante in its battle with banks in Kenya, and our editors take issue with a provocative critique of a popular "social venture" in this Roundup of the week's social business developments.
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- Health Care, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology
