-
Platforms, Not Products, Are the Way to Bring Financial Services to the Poor
In recent years, the banking and finance industries have not done a lot to earn the trust of consumers in the West. But in poor countries, basic financial services can be transformative.
-
Platforms, Not Products, Are the Way to Bring Financial Services to the Poor
In recent years, the banking and finance industries have not done a lot to earn the trust of consumers in the West. But in poor countries, basic financial services can be transformative.
- Categories
- Uncategorized
-
Viewpoint: India Needs Free Market Healthcare
Healthcare is such an emotional issue that basic economics is often taken for a ride. This explains quite well India’s intention—following the release of the National Health Policy 2015 late last year—to move towards providing healthcare as a fundamental right through a universal public healthcare system.
- Categories
- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
-
Firms Adopt Visa Digital Payment Card in Nigeria
Chams Mobile and Skye Bank Plc have signed an agreement to launch the Virtual Visa Card in Nigeria.
- Categories
- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
Time For Indo-US Collaboration in Social Impact Investing: A 5-Point Agenda
With President Obama concluding a successful visit to Delhi, the Indo-US bilateral agenda is now poised to move ahead on nuclear and renewable energy, defence collaboration, trade and investment and several other important issues. However, we at Asha Impact, a social investing and public policy organisation, believe one major issue was not explicitly addressed, both in the official dialogue and the extensive media coverage. An issue that both countries can seize upon to effectively leverage the convergence between India's overriding objective of inclusive growth and the United States' strategic interest in seeing India succeed in its development path.
- Categories
- Impact Assessment
- Region
- South Asia
-
Study to Offer Microloans to Tijuana Sex Workers
A study that looks at links between poverty and high-risk behavior among Tijuana sex workers will offer loans to a group of 60 women this year. The dollar amount is small— initially about $200 per participant — and the researchers hope that the women will use the money to launch small businesses and find an additional source of income.
- Categories
- Health Care
- Region
- Latin America
-
Viewpoint: Suing Uganda for ‘Brain Drain’
According to recent data from Uganda's parliament, the country has 1 doctor per 24,725 people and 1 nurse per 11,000 people, both well below guidelines from the World Health Organization. By contrast, Trinidad and Tobago has 12 doctors and 35 nurses per 10,000 people.
- Categories
- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- public health
-
BlackRock to Ramp Up Impact Investing
BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) is planning an array of new investment products that will allow clients to invest in addressing large societal issues, such as global hunger or poverty, an executive at the New York-based firm said.
- Categories
- Impact Assessment