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How Liberia’s New Generation Of Female Entrepreneurs Is Revitalizing The Economy
As a child, Odelia Acolyte fled her home of Liberia to neighboring Nigeria to escape the bloodshed of civil war. But she returned home frequently to visit family and always felt that what would help people in her country most would be to give them a job. “When I would go home, I would always find people sitting around,” says Acolyte, “I wanted to be part of change in society.”
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Accion Report Shows How Leveraging Data Can Lead to Greater Financial Inclusion
Accion released a report that charts a path for FSPs to use data to accelerate financial inclusion and improve their business operations. This report, developed by Accion with the support of the Citi Foundation, details the steps providers can take to lay the groundwork for big data and advanced analytics by improving their ability to generate, analyze, and respond to data of any size – starting with the information and data they already have – to help extend high-quality financial services to the underserved.
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I taught a non-MD to do brain surgery. This radical approach could solve the global surgeon shortage
One of the world’s most pressing global health stories has long been hiding in plain sight — the devastating shortage of surgeons in many countries around the world.
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Grameen Foundation lndia appoints Prabhat Labh as CEO
Grameen Foundation India, an innovator in the use of digital technology to advance financial inclusion, has named Prabhat Labh as its new CEO. He succeeds Chandni Ohri who helped to launch the company and has served as CEO since 2011. An international development expert with more than two decades of experience in leading programs and initiatives across Asia, Africa and North America. Prabhat brings with him an indepth knowledge of financial inclusion.
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Neglected Tropical Diseases: Gates Celebrates Industry Contribution, Chan Concurs
Five years after health institutions and actors including pharmaceutical companies endorsed the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases, meant to support the World Health Organization to control and eradicate 10 specific diseases by 2020, new commitments were announced today (18 April) in Geneva.
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69 Ways To Be A Better Social Entrepreneur
The other day, a colleague asked me, "Would you rather buy a 400-page book that guaranteed you'd lose 30 pounds in 30 days or a one-page checklist with the same guarantee?"
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ImpactUs Welcomes First Issuers to its Impact Investing Marketplace
Financial technology provider ImpactUs today announced the onboarding of the first issuers to its impact investing platform, ImpactUs Marketplace. The Marketplace is a community-driven full-service platform offering institutions, individuals and financial advisors an extensive range of private impact investing opportunities.
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This innovator is trying to make sanitary pads affordable for women in India
But first: an unlikely innovation from an unusual innovator. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro has the story of one man who has made it his mission to bring affordable hygiene products to women in India. Its part of our series Agents for Change.
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