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China’s Zhongyuan Bank to Replicate Grameen Microcredit Model
Zhongyuan Bank Co Ltd, a leading banking group in China, has signed an agreement with Grameen Trust for replicating Grameen Bank's microcredit model on a large scale in China.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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- microfinance
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U.N. Apologizes for Role in Haiti’s 2010 Cholera Outbreak
After six years and 10,000 deaths, the United Nations issued a carefully worded public apology on Thursday for its role in the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti and the widespread suffering it has caused since then.
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- Health Care
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- North America
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Uganda: Bridge Schools Seek to Partner With Government
Primary education is the foundation for development of any country. Uganda has one of the youngest and fastest growing populations in the world. As the population continues to boom, already stretched social services will be stretched further.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Opinion: The Achilles’ Heel For Payments Banks And Financial Inclusion
The RBI's latest operating guidelines for payments banks permit payments banks to "use KYC done by the promoter / promoter group entity", if it "is of the same quality as prescribed for a banking company". This will allow payments banks to leverage their existing telco customer base, and (where KYC has been done to prescribed standard) send out SMSs offering to open an account at the click of a button.
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- Technology
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New Research and Policy Center to Address Future of Financing Global Health
A new policy lab opening today at the Duke Global Health Institute will address financing solutions aimed at improving the health of the world’s poor. Specifically, the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health will focus on three significant gaps in global health financing.
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- Health Care
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- North America
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- public policy
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Catching the FinTech wave: A survey on FinTech in Malaysia
In 2015 and the first half of 2016, US$345 million, representing 11% of total venture capital funding in Southeast Asia went into FinTech. The region’s growing economies and relatively large underbanked populations make it doubly attractive for new market entrants. We set out to assess Malaysian financial service players’ attitudes towards this emerging segment through an online survey and several interviews of top management from both the incumbents and newcomers.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- fintech, venture capital
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After battling women’s rights groups for years, India is finally rolling out injectable contraceptives
Indian women bear an unfair burden when it comes to reproductive health and contraception. With the culture of shame that surrounds sex, and therefore sexual health, and the still-limited access to healthcare, women often struggle to make informed choices about contraceptives. So, while basic awareness has been on the rise, usage remains limited.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- public health
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A Peek Inside Omidyar Network’s Methodology for Making Grants and Investments
A new report prepared by the Omidyar Network suggests that impact investing can be done well along a continuum with fully commercial investments on one end and charitable gifts on the other.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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