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Weekly Roundup – Taking Issue with the Meaning (and Quantity) of Global Health Verbiage
The Weekly Roundup examines the precise nature of health care language, the imprecise Sustainable Development Goals, plus some possbily "magic" powder.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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Development, Impact Investing Pour into Nepal’s Biggest Hydropower Project: The $142 million investment could power 10 percent of the country
The Lower Solu hydroelectric power plant aims to provide electricity to roughly 2 million Nepalese households. The $142 million project, financed through development bank and impact investment financing, is one of the largest-ever foreign investments in Nepal’s history. An interview with the project manager on the energy impact.
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- Energy
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It’s Hard Out Here for a Personal Finance App: CFSI offers tips on creating a successful app for the underserved in a tough competitive landscape
As mobile access has exploded worldwide, smartphone ownership has skyrocketed among low-income Americans, spawning countless personal finance apps for the underserved. These apps can provide services, offer timely guidance, and help users achieve financial goals. CFSI discusses how developers can create apps that improve financial health, while surviving in a cutthroat market.
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- Technology
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- mobile finance
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Strengthening Markets for Reproductive Health: PATH says partnerships show there’s room for the private sector
Amie Batson, PATH’s chief strategy officer, says her organization’s public-private partnerships demonstrate that there is room for the private sector to participate in developing and sustaining a viable market for reproductive health commodities, bringing a high return at low cost.
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- Health Care
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Mobile Money on the Move: Part Two of Our Interview With Carol Caruso, Senior Vice President, Channels and Technology at Accion
The growth in global mobile connectivity has been astonishing, and perhaps no sector has been more impacted than finance. We spoke recently with Carol Caruso, Senior VP of Accion’s Channels & Technology unit, about the shifting trends and future outlook of mobile finance in part two of this Q&A.
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- Technology
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It’s Not Enough to Get Micro-entrepreneurs Online – They Need a Marketplace : eBay Foundation focuses on connecting buyers with job engines
eBay knows a thing or two about helping people sell stuff online. So it’s no surprise that the eBay Foundation, created in 1998 with pre-IPO shares, would follow a similar path. In 2011, it created the Opportunity Project, which takes a social innovation direction to tackle global poverty, supported with tech know-how from foundation volunteers as well as grants.
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- Technology
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Refining the Business Case for Off-Grid Energy in India: Illuminating the models with the greatest potential
Many entrepreneurs and investors have started trying to capitalize on the market opportunity for off-grid electricity in India, but so far, very few have reached meaningful scale. “The Business Case for Off-Grid Energy in India,” a new report by Dalberg on behalf of the Climate Group, highlights the business models with the greatest potential.
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- Energy
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Wireless Warning: Firm behind Band-Aid-like wearable joins Ebola fight, eyes other markets
USAID recently highlighted the MultiSense Memory patch – basically a smart Band-Aid – for its potential in fighting infectious diseases like Ebola. The company that makes the patch, Rhythm Diagnostic Systems, believes it has many more uses.
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- Health Care
