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Why Is Pakistan So Far Behind Its Neighbors in Financial Inclusion?
Just this month the World Bank released the 2014 edition of its Global Financial Inclusion (Findex) database. Findex provides useful indicators on savings, borrowings, and payments made by people across the world. The data indicate that the global, adult, banked population stood at 62 percent as of 2014 end, but that still leaves a whopping 2 billion folks that still remain un-banked.
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Zidisha Launches Its Cross-Border P2P Lending Platform in Haiti
Y Combinator non-profit alum Zidisha is launching its cross-border P2P lending platform in Haiti, its first Latin American market, its founder Julia Kurnia told TNW in an exclusive interview.
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- Latin America
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Vodacom Tanzania Plans $100 Million Expansion in Rural Areas
Vodacom Tanzania Ltd., the country’s biggest mobile operator, will spend 200 billion shillings ($100 million) expanding its network this year to tap market potential in rural areas and add mobile-money subscribers.
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Rich Mom, Poor Mom: Growing Gap in Global Access to Maternal Healthcare
A new report by Save the Children says mothers and children in the developing world are particularly at risk. But some countries, like Ethiopia, have made major gains in the last decade.
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Viewpoint: We Need a New Global System of Disaster Insurance
Natural disasters like the devastating earthquake in Nepal constitute a highly uncertain but quantifiable risk. No one can say for sure when a major earthquake will strike. But the fault lines are known. We need a new global system of disaster insurance, akin to how homeowners guard against calamity.
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A Look at Endowments and Responsible Investing
The April 2015 Commonfund Study of Responsible Investing analyzes policies, practices and attitudes with respect to responsible investing among 200 U.S. colleges and universities of various sizes. The study included 123 private and 77 public institutions who have made a commitment or are considering a commitment to responsible investing. These educational institutions altogether have more than $88.8 billion in endowment assets as of June 30, 2014.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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Shadow Financing Indirectly Flowing Into China Stock Market
Mix the mainland's red-hot stock market with its opaque shadow lending industry and the result could be a new level of risk in the mainland financial sector.
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World Bank $500 Million Facility and Improving Maternal and Child Health in Nigeria
The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group, last month, approved a $500 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for Nigeria.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa