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OPINION: Equity crowdfunding in U.S. is a disaster waiting to happen
Equity crowdfunding was supposed to be an economic boon. Instead it’s a disaster waiting to happen.
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Why mobile money has failed to take off in India
As we report this week, in much of the developing world, mobile money is evolving.Initially just a means of making payments, it’s now becoming a platform for an entire financial-services industry.
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BitPesa set to launch in Nairobi
Kenyan startup BitPesa is set to formally launch in Nairobi next week, bidding to bring down the high transaction fees associated with international money remittance companies by taking advantage of the digital, borderless currency Bitcoin.
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India to allow crowdfunding
India has become the first Asian country, outside Australasia and Japan, to propose a regulatory framework for crowdfunding, the retail-targeted funding platform for start-up companies and individual projects.
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Bitcoin and the Bottom of the Pyramid: How cryptocurrency can make good on its promise of financial inclusion
The buzz behind cryptocurrency is remarkable. With persistent momentum, and despite both spectacular collapses and temporary setbacks, Bitcoin and other digital currencies are seeding their own startup ecosystem. What significance, if any, does cryptocurrency have for financial inclusion and the socioeconomic base of the pyramid? Paul Breloff and Nathan Krishnamurthy of Accion Venture Lab explore the risks and possibilities.
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Foreign Aid Isn’t Charity. It’s an Investment
One of the few bright spots of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill of late has been in global development. The House recently passed a bill to support President Clinton’s Power Africa initiative, which is designed to boost access to electricity across six countries in the region. Both houses also managed to reauthorize PEPFAR—the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief— which provides antiretrovirals toalmost 7 million people worldwide.
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Start Small, Stay Small: Can better finance help Latin America’s microenterprises take the next step?
According to the World Bank, 60 percent of Latin America employees work for businesses with five or fewer employees. And its new companies grow at a much slower rate than similar businesses in other middle-income regions. In part 3 of our Impact Investing Insights series, we speak with Venture South’s managing director George Petty about how better finance can help.
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‘Firms should create CSR strategies in sync with their corporate character’
When Harvard Business School's V Kasturi Rangan conducted a seminar on managing corporate social responsibility in Mumbai two years ago, all of the city's top industrialists were in attendance.
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