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Champions of the Toilet: The best way to solve open defecation, the authors say, is to focus on demand, not construction
Access to toilets doesn’t always fix the problem of open defecation; in fact, partial coverage generates insignificant health benefits. Therefore, to address India’s malnutrition and health crisis, it is important to promote widespread adoption of toilet use.
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- Education, Health Care
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- public health
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PRESS RELEASE: Inaugural “Inclusive Finance India Global Summit” Promotes Financial Inclusion
The first “Inclusive Finance India Global Summit” in Delhi, organized by ACCESS, a national think tank, was inaugurated on Monday (December 8) by Shri HR Khan, deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The two days of deliberations at the Summit covered issues related to Financial Inclusion, Financial Education and Financial Stability, and built a Financial Inclusion Vision 2020. MetLife Foundation is proud to be one of the two principal partners in the Inclusive Finance Summit.
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- Education
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- South Asia
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MBA’s Start-Up Ventures Make a Social Impact in Emerging Markets
MBA students prove that entrepreneurs can create a great social impact and develop profitable business models at the same time.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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NexThought Monday – 12/8/14: Safaricom, share your M-PESA data!: Why we need data philanthropy in Kenya
With 15 million users and 2 million transaction per day, Safaricom has achieved historic success with its M-PESA mobile money product in Kenya. It has also compiled a historic amount of data, and the granularity is electrifying. This data would be a treasure trove to financial inclusion actors, says James Schintz of MIX, in an impassioned plea for Safaricom to engage in "data philanthropy."
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- Education
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GSK Opens £4 Million Research Grant on Non-Communicable Diseases
Apparently to find scientific answers to why Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are rising on the African continent, GlaxoSmitheKline (GSK) has opened a £4m grant initiative to researchers in the region.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- research
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The HBS-Accion Program on Strategic Leadership in Inclusive Finance is Accepting Applications
The 2015 Harvard Business School – Accion Program on Strategic Leadership in Inclusive Finance is now accepting applications for what will be another exceptional week of learning and exchange among world leaders in financial inclusion. The program will take place April 6-11, 2015 at the HBS campus in Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Education
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Why India’s Economic Growth Depends on Vocational Training: LabourNet links skills to jobs
In 2013, Acumen invested in LabourNet, a company focused on improving livelihoods through work-integrated job training for informal sector workers in trades such as construction, manufacturing, leather and beauty. Keya Madhvani and Raphaela Sapire of Acumen detail how the company creates a measurable increase in the wages.
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- Education
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PRESS RELEASE: African Policymakers Pledge to Financially Include Kids
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – On 4-5 December 2014 the Third Child and Youth Finance Regional Meeting for Africa will be held at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Meeting will bring together Africa’s finest policy makers, educators, research and academic institutions, financial service providers, as well as representatives from various government ministries to develop a common African position on the advancement of a unified financial education and inclusion plan of action for children and youth across the continent.
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- Education
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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