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WhatsApp’s Integration of UPI-Based Payments Has Strategic Consequences for India’s Digital Economy
The partnership defies 20th century notions of a public private partnership, and offers a glimpse of the private sector tipping its hat to the sovereign function and prerogative in identifying and authenticating the beneficiaries of a digital service.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Shift to biogas helps revive forests
Fuelwood is a major source of carbon dioxide emissions in South Asia and East Africa.
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- Energy, Environment
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- South Asia
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- forests
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Aadhaar barring poor from state benefits: Activists
Citing information from RTI pleas, information activists said on Tuesday the government's claim that technology and Aadhaar had helped weed out corruption "was without any basis".
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- digital identity
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Revolutionary malaria tests have unexpected downsides
The use of RDTs skyrocketed after the World Health Organization in 2010 recommended that all suspected cases of malaria be confirmed by a test before treatment; roughly 314 million tests were procured in 2014. Together with ACTs, they have transformed malaria treatment in poor countries.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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The Meloy Fund I Launches With US$10M First Close
Investors include a diverse range of family offices, investment managers, and foundations. Lukas Walton will have a significant interest in the Meloy Fund via the Lukas Walton Fund of the Walton Family Foundation.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Behind the Numbers: What impact is Trump having on ESG?
With the new administration trying to bring back coal, pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement, and favoring broad deregulation of business, has sustainable investing now become a risky proposition?
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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More Evidence of Solid Performance From Sustainable Funds
Investors in funds that incorporate environmental, social, and governance factors into their process appear not to suffer a performance penalty.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Start Network tests blockchain technology for foreign aid distribution
Start Network, a global network of 42 international NGOs including Oxfam and Save the Children, has partnered with social enterprise start-up Disberse to test blockchain technology in the distribution of foreign aid.
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- Technology
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