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India’s Practo Raises $55M to Expand Its Healthcare Platform to More Emerging Markets
India-based Practo, a startup that helps consumers locate doctors and healthcare information, has closed a $55 million Series D funding round that will fuel an expansion into more emerging markets worldwide.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- South Asia
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- venture capital
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Exclusive: Philip Morris jolted by Indian proposal to ban foreign tobacco investment
Philip Morris International is fighting to keep a toehold in India's $11 billion tobacco market, as the government considers further tightening foreign investment rules in the sector, according to documents seen by Reuters.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- South Asia
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- ESG
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IMF Lending Conditions Curb Healthcare Investment in West Africa, Study Finds
A new study suggests that lending conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund in West Africa squeeze "fiscal space" in nations such as Sierra Leone - preventing government investment in health systems and, in some cases, contributing to an exodus of medical talent from countries that need it most.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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“Impact investing” inches from niche to mainstream
WHEN investors gathered in Amsterdam in late 2016 for perhaps the largest annual conference on “impact investing”, the mood was upbeat. The concept of investing in assets that offer measurable social or environmental benefits as well as financial returns has come a long way from its modest roots in the early 2000s.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Opinion: Global health is good business — Trump should get in the prosperity
As President-elect Trump considers submitting a fiscal year 2018 budget request to Congress, scores of government funding issues will be intensely debated. America’s investment in global health is one area that should stand outside the political fray.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- North America
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- impact investing
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MFA Design for Social Innovation to Host Design Summit
MFA Design for Social Innovation (DSI) at the School of Visual Arts in New York will host Measured Summit, a two-day gathering in January 2017, to mark its fifth anniversary as the only master of fine arts degree in Social Innovation Design.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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- innovation, product design
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Better Ventures Closes $21 Million Fund to Back the Next Tesla or Patagonia
Oakland-based venture capital firm Better Ventures recently closed its second fund at $21 million according to cofounder and managing director Wes Selke.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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World Bank Invests in Myanmar’s Financial Inclusion, $100M in Credit
The World Bank established the Financial Sector Development Project to support Myanmar’s SMEs — the latest sign of progress in the country’s economy.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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