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From fad to fixture: how investors are waking up to climate risk
Investors are beginning to accept that their stock picks can be environmentally and financially successful.
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- Environment, Investing
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Commercial Bank of Africa to Offer Direct Mobile Lending in Uganda
Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) is introducing a Mobile Micro Savings and Loans product in Uganda allowing customers to borrow money via their phones.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- lending, microfinance
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Technology Meets Healthcare in India
When it comes to healthcare, developing nations face the challenges of accessibility and affordability. This is particularly true for healthcare in India.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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Accion and Opportunity Fund Launch Study Analyzing Impact of Microloans on U.S. Small Businesses
Will be the first national, longitudinal, qualitative study to focus on microfinance and economic well-being outcomes.
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- Uncategorized
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- North America
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- microfinance
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Southwest Solutions, JPMorgan Chase and Mission Asset Fund Launch Peer Lending Circles to Boost Credit Scores of Detroit Residents
Southwest Solutions, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Mission Asset Fund (MAF) today announced the launch of Lending Circles, a new social loan program that will allow Detroit residents to safely build credit through zero-interest loans. Participants make monthly loan payments and take turns receiving zero-interest social loans, ranging from $300 to $2,500. All loan payments are reported to credit bureaus, enabling participants to build a credit history, raise credit scores and work towards greater financial stability.
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- Uncategorized
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- North America
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- lending
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Can Tech Solutions Power a New Kind of Health Care for the Developing World?
People around the world risk their lives by trusting health care workers who sometimes are doing nothing more than shooting in the dark.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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Breastfeeding could add $300 billion into the global economy
The Lancet Breastfeeding Series finds that globally, the costs of lower cognitive ability associated with not breastfeeding amount to more than $300 billion each year, a figure comparable to the entire global pharmaceutical market.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Heron Calls for a New Model of Philanthropy to Meet the Economic Challenges of the 21st Century
The Heron Foundation today is calling on its philanthropic peers to jettison outdated operating models that leave resources untapped in the face of systemic social ills. In a treatise entitled “Building a Foundation for the 21st Century,” Heron President Clara Miller makes the case that the modern economy demands a different practice of philanthropy, one that makes use of all of its resources to actively engage with the capital markets for the public good.
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- Impact Assessment
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