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John Kerry Joins TPG’s $2 Billion Rise Fund as Senior Adviser
“The private sector is the best bet we have to try to save us from the worst downsides of some of these social, environmental, political challenges we face on a global basis,” Kerry said. “That is a bottom line reality that people need to really think about.”
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- Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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Without power or plumbing, this new toilet answer our sanitation needs
A company called change:WATER labs is trying to make a difference for the billions of people who don't have clean toilets with this astonishing innovation.
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- WASH
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- SDGs
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PayPal Reaffirms Its Commitment To Financial Inclusion
“We firmly believe as a company that everyone should have access to affordable, convenient, secure and low-cost financial services,” Schulman said, noting this vision does not — as some have speculated in the past — speak to an overwhelming desire on PayPal’s part to become a bank or to try to replace bank-based services.
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- Finance
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Infant Deaths Fall Sharply in Africa With Routine Antibiotics
Their large study — of nearly 200,000 children in three African countries — raises the exciting possibility that deploying antibiotics as doctors do vaccines could rapidly reduce deaths among newborns and infants.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Fintech Cos in India Are Turning Their Focus to Tier II and III Cities
Fintech companies are now ready to turn their attention to the Tier II and III cities, so as to penetrate deeper into the country. Being untapped markets, these cities bring a greater opportunity for the players.
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- Finance
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- South Asia
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Press release: MetLife Foundation Announces Sponsorship of “Multipliers of Prosperity” for a Fourth Year
MetLife Foundation announced today its fourth year as sole sponsor of Multipliers of Prosperity, an award-winning online thought leadership platform developed in partnership with WSJ. Custom Studios. The online site facilitates a global conversation on the financial health of low- to moderate-income people, and showcases the innovative and important solutions being implemented by both nonprofit and private sector financial services providers.
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How to Wipe Out Malaria for Good
The WHO attempted to eradicate malaria in the 1960s and while it succeeded in ridding many countries of the disease, it fell short of the goal due to growing drug resistance and by failing to focus enough attention on Africa.
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Inside the Jordan refugee camp that runs on blockchain
By letting a machine scan his iris, he confirmed his identity on a traditional United Nations database, queried a family account kept on a variant of the Ethereum blockchain by the World Food Programme (WFP), and settled his bill without opening his wallet.
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- Technology
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