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New Report Released on Investment in Women-led Business
UK-based Social enterprise Value for Women released a new research report this week detailing the problems of under-investment in women-led small and growing businesses. The report is the culmination of five months of research conducted in collaboration with the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), BiD Network, ING Bank Sustainability, and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women.
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Looking For The Next Big Thing In Smartphones? Think Digital Inclusion In Developing Countries
If you’re looking for a revolution involving smartphones, you’re unlikely to find one by staking out front row seats at the next new product announcement. The transition from basic “feature” phones to smartphones is about to reshape how a large fraction of the world’s population engages with information.
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Micro Insurance, Macro Problems
In the light of decreasing motivation to introduce microinsurance products, it’s time to redefine the concept.
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Micro lenders eye growth paths in Myanmar
World Vision is attempting to become the first NGO to obtain a commercial license for its Microfinance Institution (MFI) arm in Myanmar, as the industry increasingly professionalizes, more commercial players enter and rules governing the sector are established.
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Weekly Roundup – 9/28/13 : A shot in the arm by lowering the risk
This week, a new $94 million impact investment fund J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is launching with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation looks to mitigate the risk for investors and pharmaceutical companies developing drugs for emerging markets.
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Philippines central bank in broad Islamic finance push
In what could be one of the most ambitious efforts to facilitate Islamic finance in a non-Muslim country, the Philippines' central bank is pushing several initiatives to develop the sector and encourage financial inclusion of the Muslim minority.
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Not Your Mother’s Microfinance
Forward-thinking small business owners across the developing world are turning to the online space as an alternative source of small business loans.
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Bank vs. Telco: The simmering mobile money standoff
Professional conferences are usually heavy on information and light on emotion. But participants at Friday’s Mobile Money conference were treated to as impassioned a debate as you’re likely to see in a roomful of financial services practitioners and academics. The combatants: a banker and a telco representative competing in the mobile financial services space in Africa.
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