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DfID Accused of Heightening Inequality Through Support for Private Sector
Report by campaign group Global Justice Now points finger at Department for International Development over private health and education projects.
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- Education, Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Citi Supports Teach Children to Save Campaign to Help Educate And Prepare Kids for Positive Financial Futures
Citi will once again help thousands of young students across the country receive basic financial education as the bank supports American Bankers Association's (ABA) annual Teach Children to Save campaign for the 15thconsecutive year. The national program, designed to encourage local youth to develop positive financial habits early in life, marks April 24th as Teach Children to Save Day to raise awareness of the importance of teaching children about saving. Beginning in March and continuing for months after Teach Children to Save Day, hundreds of Citi volunteers will teach thousands of children in grades K-12 in classrooms and after-school programs in financial education events in major cities across the country.
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- Education
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- savings
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To get people to build toilets, turn to subsidies
The one public bathroom in Ponkrum collapsed a few years ago. An effort to build a new one yielded a large pit that is used for trash, not defecation. For the people living in the small village near the Ghanian coast, there is no other option than going out in the open.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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How ‘financial savvy’ can prevent future pandemics
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa highlighted not only the weakness of health systems, but also the lack of dialogue between global health professionals, risk analysts and private sector actors, according to World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.
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- Education, Health Care
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Watch the Replay of Our Google Hangout: Understanding BoP 3.0 with Fernando Casado Cañeque and Stuart Hart
Stuart L. Hart and Fernando Casado Cañeque took a look at many failures of Base of the Pyramid businesses and conclude we need a new version. The authors of the new book "Base of the Pyramid 3.0: Sustainable Development Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship" are the guests of our next Google Hangout.
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- Education
- Tags
- research
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Three focus areas to boost jobs
Micro entrepreneurship, artisanship and agriculture are the three promising areas where huge number of jobs can be created, according to Ravi Venkatesan, former Chairman of Microsoft India and presently Chairman of Senior Venture Partners (SVP) India, a network of philanthropists.
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- Education
- Region
- South Asia
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India accounts for about a fifth of the global population without bank accounts
Recent statistics released by the World Bank highlight not only the strides made by India on the financial inclusion front, but also the challenges ahead.
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- Education
- Region
- South Asia
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In Ghana, the Diaspora is Fueling a Social Enterprise Liftoff : Often well-funded, well-educated returnees are contributing to a ‘brain gain’
Social enterprise in Ghana is taking off and Ghanaians returning from living and studying abroad are playing a key role. But are there lessons from the returning diaspora that could strengthen social enterprise activity even more? A recent British Council and ODI study explores the landscape.
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- Education, Social Enterprise
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