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How far off are drones in the delivery of rural care?
A Silicon Valley startup called Matternet is pioneering a pilot program that uses drones to connect rural care providers with major hospitals in Bhutan.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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A Few Simple Tricks Make Starting A Business Overseas Cheap And Easy
Zoe Cohen produces her Zoko Bags from Kenya. Here's how she got her start as a destination entrepreneur.
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- Impact Assessment
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PRESS RELEASE: Western Union Expands Collaboration with MTN Group; Launches Mobile Money Transfer Service in the Ivory Coast
Consumers Who Subscribe to MTN Mobile Money Can Now Receive a Western Union Money Transfer Transaction on Their Mobile Phones
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A qualified success for the Peterborough prison social impact bond
Not everyone is confident about the prospects for replicating what might prove to be a one-off experiment, says Stephen Cook
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- Impact Assessment
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The remarkable impact of secondary education on women’s health
For the first time, there is strong evidence to support the claim that girls education is a great investment. But it goes further than that. Secondary education might be the best way to improve the health of both mothers and their children.
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- Education, Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- public health, research
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In a First Test for Social Impact Bonds, Investors Miss the Mark for Payout
Investors in a pioneering social impact bond project in the U.K. will have to wait another two years for a return on their gamble on good.
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- Impact Assessment
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Indian Banks to ensure minimum remuneration to business correspondents
Over 220,000 BCs had been appointed by banks after the RBI pushed this as a cost-effective way of extending banking services to the unbanked villages
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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The Countries Where Human Progress Is Fastest and Slowest
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published its annual Human Development Report, which focuses on human vulnerability worldwide, last week.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment