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Israeli hackers with a conscience
Tel Aviv hackathon aims to show that technology can help the world's poorest people - and make a profit.
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Can microenterprises grow through finance?
For some time, microfinance has been a hot topic within the development community. Many researchers and practitioners see it as a way for people to smooth their consumption over time and thus avoid the effects of bad periods.
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Bank of Mexico opens the way for money transfers via mobile devices
The goal is to give bank customers the ability to move funds "with greater ease and safety via cellular phones or other devices that have a linked mobile telephone line," the central bank said in a statement.
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Part 2: the ABCs of Innovation and Prosperity in Latin America: abc* Foundation Picks Three Top Social Entrepreneur Innovators for their potential to bring economic and social good to the region
What do a Brazilian technology policy expert, a Zimbabwe climate change activist, and a Mexican inventor of new building materials have in common? They just won two years of financial support and high-level media, investors, and business partnerships as winners of this year’s abc* Foundation innovation awards, picked from among 21 Ashoka Fellow Finalists.
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NexThought Monday 12/9/13: Jed Emerson on creating a supportive environment for seed stage impact ventures
Countless early stage entrepreneurs are developing innovative solutions to market problems. Yet investors are inherently looking to manage risks. This difference in perspective is at the heart of a persistent gap in seed stage funding for social entrepreneurs. But as impact investing guru Jed Emerson explains, there is great investment opportunity in this gap—and the fragmented seed stage impact investing ecosystem is ripe for innovation.
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In a first, MFI customers to be given credit scores
For the first time in India, a credit bureau is offering scores to help understand the credit profile of microfinance customers.
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Big banks see rich opportunities in world’s poorest
When the Afghan government used mobile phones instead of cash to pay some of its policemen, the officers thought they'd just had a 30 percent pay rise. In truth, they had just been paid the full amount, with nothing skimmed off by middlemen, for the first time.
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Mobile banking: will Kenya export its revolution to India?
The rise of a new generation of technologies performing many financial transactions from mobile phones is a game-changer, opening a new avenue for development. Kenya is probably the best model on the continent. But only specific conditions made it possible. Can this model be exported?
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