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Price of ‘exciting’ self-injectable contraceptive cut
Sayana Press dispenses with the need for a conventional needle and syringe - so it has been seen as a significant development for women living in rural parts of Africa.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A growing share of aid is spent by private firms, not charities
Haiti is one example of a trend. Though not all countries break down aid spending according to the type of contractor used, data from those that do suggest that a growing share of aid is funnelled, not through charities or non-profit foundations, but through consultancies and other private-sector contractors that profit from the work.
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Press Release: Global Accelerator Learning Initiative Releases Second Major Report
Accelerating Startups in Emerging Markets: Insights from 43 Programs examines data from over 2,400 early- stage ventures that applied to 43 acceleration programs run by twelve different organizations in nine countries. The report, developed in partnership with Deloitte Canada, compares the performance of accelerators in emerging markets with those operating in high-income countries (categories as defined by the World Bank).
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Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania Join World Economic Forum in Promoting Financial Inclusion in East Africa
This effort aims to develop collaboration between policy-makers, private-sector providers of financial services and their clients, and other relevant actors. East Africa has already made significant strides towards financial inclusion, leveraging digital and other means to raise the number of adults that have an account to 34 percent in 2014, up from 24 percent in 2011.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Six months after demonetization, Kolkata’s first cashless transactors shift back to cash
The winds of change that brought in plastic money and e-payments to traditional shops have blown over. Cash is back.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- digital payments, fintech
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China Ready to Build First Center For Disease Control in Africa
Providing more detail about the plan on Tuesday in Beijing, Mr. Feng Yong, Deputy Director for International Cooperation at China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission, said 100 hospitals and clinics will be built in 5 years, 120,000 persons will be train in China, and the provision of 150,000 scholarships, as well as 500,000 vocational and technical training in 5 years.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health, SDGs
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How Oil, Coal and Wal-Mart Became Part of ‘Socially Responsible’ ETFs
As demand for do-gooder investing increases, particularly among women and millennials, fund managers are retooling their lineups to include diversified funds that appeal to a wider audience.
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The World Is Looking For Affordable Drugs – and India Needs to Keep Delivering
India exports half of its total production of pharmaceuticals. Exports to the US and other rigorously-regulated western markets account for over 50% of India’s global exports. This has given a stamp of quality to Indian pharmaceuticals, adding to the confidence in Indian medicines in Latin American and the rest of the developing world.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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