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VIEWPOINT: Liberia has to work with international private school companies to protect children’s future
Our communities are still suffering from the effects of the long civil war and the devastating Ebola outbreak. Less than 60% of school-aged children in Liberia are in school, placing Liberia in the lowest percentile of net enrollment rates in the world. Those who do attend school may not fare much better: among adult women who reached fifth grade in Liberia, less than 20% can read a single sentence.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Indonesia comes out with regulations for P2P lending platforms
Following the release of e-commerce roadmap in November, Indonesia ended 2016 by coming out with a new set of rules for the fintech sector, specifically regulating peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms. The policies had long been anticipated by players, who had been working closely with the Indonesian financial services authority (OJK) to come up with rules governing lenders and borrowers.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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Nigeria: New Malaria Vaccine Shows Efficacy, Safety in Humans
A next-generation vaccine that uses a weakened form of a malaria parasite has shown efficacy and safety in a small number of humans, according to a new study published in Science Translational Medicine. With this development researchers of the vaccine called GAP3KO might have achieved a milestone in malaria vaccine development.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Asheesh Advani: ‘Anybody can be an entrepreneur’
Asheesh Advani, 45, is president and chief executive officer of Junior Achievement Worldwide, one of the largest NGOs in the world, dedicated to educating young people about financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work-force readiness.
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Transforming the digital payment infrastructure in India
In the aftermath of demonetisation, millions of Indians have switched to digital modes of payment for their daily transactions. To fuel this momentum, the Union government has announced a slew of incentives further encouraging citizens to go cashless.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- digital payments
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Merck’s Vaccine Won’t Be the End of Ebola
An Ebola vaccine that has been in development for 15 years has been shown in a clinical trial to be up to 100 percent effective at preventing the deadly virus. But it won’t stop sporadic cases from popping up, nor will it be immediately available to some who are most vulnerable to the virus.
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Viewpoint: This is how to create inclusive growth for an Aspiring Africa
The “Africa Rising” narrative is increasingly giving way to that of “Aspiring Africa”, as the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) shrinks and the new middle class burgeons. Central to this new narrative is inclusive growth: the idea that economic growth must come with equitable opportunities for all participants, with benefits enjoyed by every section of society.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Opinion: Global health is good business — Trump should get in the prosperity
As President-elect Trump considers submitting a fiscal year 2018 budget request to Congress, scores of government funding issues will be intensely debated. America’s investment in global health is one area that should stand outside the political fray.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- North America
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- impact investing
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