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India largest remittance-receiving country in the world: Report
India was the largest remittance-receiving country in the world, with migrant workers from the country sending home USD 69 billion in 2017, according to a report which said remittances to the Asia-Pacific region amounted to US 256 billion last year.
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- South Asia
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- remittances
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The Million-dollar Fit: Companies Develop Affordable Prostheses for Use in Less Resourced Countries
EVERY YEAR thousands of people in impoverished countries undergo amputations. However, contrary to popular belief, armed conflicts or landmines are not usually to blame. Rather, the primary cause of most of these amputations is other types of trauma, such as automobile and train accidents.
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- Health Care
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Ghana unveils mobile money interoperability platform
Mobile money interoperability went live in Ghana following a number of delays, a step hailed by the country’s Vice President for propelling the country into one of the global leaders for the technology.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Visa and FICO rewrite their playbooks to go after global unbanked
Across the globe, many different populations have distinct reasons for being unbanked. To reach these audiences, mainstream financial companies are discovering approaches that wouldn't be possible in the U.S.
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- Finance
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Trans Fats Should be Eliminated Worldwide by 2023, W.H.O. Says
The World Health Organization on Monday announced a sweeping plan that urges governments around the globe to eliminate the use of trans fats, the industrially produced edible oil that gave birth to margarine, Crisco and other artery-clogging products that have been linked to millions of premature deaths.
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- Health Care
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Sustainable crop certification could help world’s poorest farmers
Sustainable crop certification schemes could be missing the poorest farmers who are most in need of their benefits, according to a new Atlas Award-winning paper in Biological Conservation. In their study, a team of researchers from the UK and the US mapped one million of the world's commodity crops, including banana, cocoa, coffee, and tea, showing where they are certified. They suggest that if schemes developed stronger standards and targeted poor areas more effectively, they could make a bigger impact - if they can also increase consumer demand for certified products.
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- Agriculture
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Financial inclusion is making great strides
In both rich and poor countries, financial technology, or fintech, is already seen as the dominant force behind the big advances of recent years recorded in the Findex
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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To Make Conscious Capitalism Work for Your Small Business, Use the AID Approach
Being a business in America can be a little like being a kid on a massive playground. You want to stand out, but it’s so crowded, and your voice can get lost in the noise.
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- Uncategorized
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