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Are you the next Mark Zuckerberg?
New tests are helping loan officers assess entrepreneurs -- and weed out the bad investment risks from the good
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- Education
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- research
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AfDB, researchers launch $63 m initiative to lift Africans out of poverty
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and researchers have launched the US$63.24 million AfDB-funded initiative aimed to raise agricultural productivity and also lift millions of Africans out of poverty.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Education boosts role of local women
Women in the Tibet autonomous region enjoy rising social status and are stepping beyond their traditional roles, according to an official at the Tibet Women's Federation.
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- Education
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- Asia Pacific
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Study paints sad picture of women in poor countries
Women perform more than half of all economic activities in developing countries but only a third of their work is captured by statisticians, a new report says.This means women are likely to miss out on business, industrial and social development opportunities arising from globalisation.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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QMágico’s co-founder talks social entrepreneurship and education in Brazil
Thiago Feijão was one of the panelists speaking at Entrepreneur Week Brazil, which took place for the first time in Rio de Janeiro last week. As the co-founder of edtech startup QMágico, he talked about social entrepreneurship and education opportunities in Brazil.
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- Education, Technology
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- Latin America
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DBS China launches social enterprise program
Development Bank of Singapore (China) announced the launch of a program to support the development of social enterprises in China on Wednesday.
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- Education
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- Asia Pacific
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Meet The Man Who’s Shaping Africa’s Future
VENTURES AFRICA – Just like the great American civil right activist Martin Luther King Jnr. had a dream of an equal social existence, so did Ghanaian-born entrepreneur, Fred Swaniker, dream to build a Pan-African school that will position the new generation of African youth towards prosperity in future years. His mission was to give the African child a network of successful peers to tap for job opportunities, mentoring and career guidance.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- microfinance
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Release of 2012 MIV Survey – growth stabilizes in spite of lower rates and investor redemptions
Washington D.C., October 16, 2012 – Today MicroRate released The State of Microfinance Investment 2012, which finds that microfinance investment has stabilized into a lower growth rate following the global financial crisis.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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- microfinance, research
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