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Take that, Telecoms: Helix’s Bangladesh study shows that banks and other players can also scale mobile money agent networks
Bangladesh has a burgeoning competitive landscape in mobile money, and due to regulations, none of the major players are telecoms. In other markets, telecoms have used their marketing budgets, national retailer networks and other advantages to scale digital financial services. But Bangladesh has shown that banks and third party providers can also succeed in the space. The Helix Institute discusses this and other findings from their recent study.
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Business Models, Best Practices and Measures in Access to Medicine: Index to be released Monday ranks pharmaceutical companies’ efforts to improve availability in developing countries
The Access to Medicine Index, which is published every two years and independently ranks pharmaceutical companies’ efforts to improve access to medicine in developing countries, will be released on Monday.
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Free the Cash Networks!: How one small regulatory change could have a huge positive impact on mobile money’s development
Mobile money is booming around the developing world - but would-be entrepreneurs and even established companies are dealing with a major impediment to their success: the challenge of running a cash-in/cash-out agent network. These struggles are impeding the supply of competitive digital financial services, says Ignacio Mas - but
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Financial Inclusion Under the Microscope: Which countries scored highest in Accion’s “Global Microscope 2014”?
Accion’s Global Microscope evaluates the environment for financial inclusion in 55 different countries, on indicators that include government support, the supervision of microfinance and other financial products, the status of credit reporting, regulations governing mobile banking, and consumer protection. Sonja Kelly runs through some winners and losers.
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Supply Chains for Global Health: Learning from Starbucks and Microsoft to get life-saving commodities where they’re needed, when they’re needed
Whether it is vaccines in Nigeria, family planning and essential medicines in Ethiopia, or HIV medications in Tanzania, supply chain managers need to have a solid understanding of product availability and supply chain processes in order to respond to people’s needs.
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Distinguishing Between Demand and Need at the BoP: Part 3 in a series of BoP fundamentals, cases, and debates
A key mistake made by companies entering BoP markets is assuming that social needs will quickly manifest themselves as market demand. As part of a long-term series of posts on BoP fundamentals, Tamar Koosed with MANAUS Consulting, explores three examples of how companies have had to change course in search of demand and profitable business models.
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Much More than Disruption: Video Q&As with the CEOs of DataWind, NOTS Impact Enterprises from BCTA’s Forum 2014
"Disruption" is a favorite word of technology entrepreneurs, particularly those who reside in Silicon Valley. But at this fall’s Business Call to Action Forum 2014, we interviewed more than a few company leaders who not only want to disrupt industry sectors, but in some cases, even countrywide economic models - especially those that contribute to cycles of poverty.
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Three Regions, Three Perspectives on Regulating Digital Financial Services: AFI shares regulatory trends from Africa, Latin America and the Pacific islands
The Alliance for Financial Inclusion’s recent Global Policy Forum and Digital Financial Services Working Group meeting gave policymakers the opportunity to share regulatory trends in digital financial inclusion from several regions around the globe. John Owens focuses on perspectives from Africa, Latin America and the Pacific islands.
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