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The Limits of Tiered Pricing (Part 2): Harvard’s Suerie Moon says policy tweaks could help ensure access to medicine
In Part 2 of a two-part post, Harvard’s Suerie Moon suggests four ways tiered-pricing policies for pharmaceuticals might be improved in the short-to-medium term, and also highlights some alternatives – including rewarding innovation.
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Five Digital Payment Innovations with the Potential to Transform Development: Visa and NetHope grant recipients illustrate the power of digital payments
Development organizations have begun to embrace digital payments in areas that range from health and education, to food security and poverty alleviation. Visa is working with NetHope to help expand the impact of organizations working in these areas, by supporting programs that utilize electronic transfers and/or payments. These five grant recipients show how digital payments can enhance development and relief efforts.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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NexThought Monday – The Limits of Tiered Pricing in Improving Access to Medicine: Harvard’s Suerie Moon looks at theoretical and empirical drawbacks
In the first of a two-part post, the author says tiered pricing is feasible when markets are separable and when the seller exerts significant power over pricing, such as when there is limited or no competition due to patent protection, data exclusivity or other barriers to market entry. But there are several reasons tiered pricing can be both ethically and practically problematic for pharmaceuticals.
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A Swipe Toward Inclusion: (With video) PagPop connects merchants and low-income consumers
PagPop in Brazil has developed card reader hardware that attaches to Android and IOS-based smartphones, as well as applications for low tech phones, targeting low-income consumers and merchants. It has grown from about 4,000 clients to 110,000 clients, and has aspirations to reach 300,000 clients in the next two years.
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- Technology
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Four Insights from Four Investors: Practitioners of impact and angel investing share their views
As our Impact Investing Insights series concludes, we’ve compiled the views of four practitioners on topics like impact assessment, crowdfunding, and the advantages of socially responsible investing. You can read excerpts here, or check out the embedded video for their full perspectives.
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Weekly Roundup – 11/27/14: Giving thanks, near and far
We’re wrapping up the week a bit early due to the Thanksgiving holiday week. NextBillion will resume its normal publishing schedule on Monday. For U.S. readers, on behalf of the NB team, we hope you had/have a happy Thanksgiving. For our non-American audience, which comprises the vast majority of our readers, we wish you the same holiday sentiments; those being abundance and health, and the blessings that come with each.
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It’s About Launching Ecosystems, Not Just Products: Insights on the next generation of mobile financial services from the Mondato Summit Asia
As the explosive growth of mobile financial services (MFS) reshapes economies around the world, the Mondato Summit Asia brought an impressive line-up of speakers and panelists from all parts of the ecosystem to explore the next generation of MFS in Southeast Asia. Chris Connolly delivers some highlights - and tweets - from the recent conference.
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Teach a (Wo)Man to Fish … But What if it’s Against the Law?: The Women Thrive Conference explores how training women and improving their livelihoods can address gender inequality
When we pull women out of poverty, many positive things tend to happen. So why isn’t more being done to bring about economic empowerment for women, who represent six of every 10 people living in extreme poverty? What needs to change to make more happen? These were among the questions raised at the summit, which was held by Women Thrive earlier this month.
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- Education
