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New, Individual-Level Data on Financial Inclusion: The “Unbanked” Are Deterred by Cost, Documentation, and Travel Requirements
WASHINGTON, December 13, 2012 – Policy makers can boost the number of people using formal financial services through policies that help reduce the cost, documentation requirements, and travel distance associated with accessing a bank account, says a new World Bank research paper.
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Featured Event: Hangout, Learn, Interact: Join Ashoka Changemakers and Accenture for the Social Intrapreneurship Google Hangout on Thursday
Investing in BoP markets or developing environmentally responsible products is being woven directly into the business strategy of some of the world’s largest corporate firms. But who are these corporate weavers? To find them and harness their potential, Ashoka Changemakers and Accenture have joined forces to run the inaugural League of Social Intrapreneurs online competition.
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The Top Health Care Innovations of 2012: CHMI Releases its 2012 Highlights Report
Innovators are experimenting with clinic chains and franchises, mobile health care and other tactics to provide better care to the world’s poor, according to a new report from the Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI).
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How Law Schools And Entrepreneurs Collaborate to Serve Both Students and Innovators
In this post, Tiffany Morris, has taken a look at the new collaborations happening between universities and social innovators ensuring that the fine print doesn’t get overlooked while trying to change the world.
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Are you the next Mark Zuckerberg?
New tests are helping loan officers assess entrepreneurs -- and weed out the bad investment risks from the good
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Socially Contagious: How Microclinic International is Spreading Healthy Behaviors
Whether you’re buying shoes or making health-related decisions, your behavior is influenced by those around you. That’s the premise behind Microclinic International, which uses social networks to make good health contagious.
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AfDB, researchers launch $63 m initiative to lift Africans out of poverty
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and researchers have launched the US$63.24 million AfDB-funded initiative aimed to raise agricultural productivity and also lift millions of Africans out of poverty.
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Behind the Lens: The 2013 GSBN MBA Challenge Video Contest: For 2013, the contest is no longer just for MBAs
The winner of the 2012 Global Business School Network MBA Challenge Video Contest was a group from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College (USA). The MBA Challenge asked business school students: Can business education change the world? One of the winning team members, Jacqueline Stein (MBA ’13), shares the project that inspired their video.
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