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Case Foundation, B Lab Team Up to Make Measuring Impact More Mainstream
The Case Foundation and B Lab recently announced a joint effort to encourage more businesses, especially those that aren’t triple-bottom line enterprises, to consider their social and environmental impact.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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Viewpoint: Why We Should Be Worried By the World Bank Shoveling $36 Billion to ‘Financial Intermediaries’
Everyone’s heard of the World Bank, but far fewer people know of its private sector arm, the International.
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- Impact Assessment
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- lending
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The US Is Warming Up to China’s Big New Development Bank
Washington appears to have softened its stance towards the new Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, backing down from its earlier resistance and saying it is now ready to welcome the institution.
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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Superslick Coatings Conquer Ketchup, But What About Ebola?
The videos are almost unbelievable. Ketchup slides out of the jar and you don't even have to give it a thump. Glue slips out of the bottle without a molecule left inside. And what about getting that last smidgen of toothpaste from a used tube? No problem.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Simpler Antibiotic Regimen Helps Sick Babies in Developing Nations
Newborns and young infants in developing nations who have suspected severe bacterial infections can be effectively treated outside a hospital, two new studies suggest.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Marketing: The Missing Ingredient in Social Entrepreneurship
I have been asked to teach a course in Marketing for the esteemed Master of Science in Social Entrepreneurship Program at USC. While I look at this as a great opportunity. I also recognize it is an enormous challenge. Why? Even though many profess a deep knowledge of these subjects, both are not well understood. Business people tend to look at social entrepreneurs as bleeding heart do-gooders that waste their time chasing after lost causes. Moreover, social entrepreneurs tend to view profit-seeking business people as money-grubbing and selfish with little concern about the greater good. Even worse, they tend to view marketers as slimy, sleazy liars. So why do intelligent people wanting to use their intelligence to solve the world's social problems tend to shun marketing?
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India to Add More AIDS, TB Drugs to Essential Medicines List
India is likely to add more HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis drugs to its list of essential medicines that are subject to price caps, people directly involved in the process said, in a move to improve affordability of drugs to treat the deadly diseases.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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GlaxoSmithKline and Merck Ebola Vaccines Succeed in Phase II Liberian Trials
Two Ebola vaccines, one developed by the NIH and GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK) and the other by Merck ($MRK) and NewLink ($NLNK), have sailed through Liberian trials and, based on the results, may now advance to Phase III trials.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa