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Rwanda accused of manipulating poverty statistics
Rwandan authorities manipulated the latest official statistics on poverty to make it look like it was going down, while much of the source data suggested it was actually on the increase, according to information obtained by FRANCE 24.
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Navigating Impact Investing: The Need for Greater Clarity and Efficiency
Demand for impact investing is surging - yet investors, even interested ones, have a hard time wrapping their heads around the practice.
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- Investing
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Majors Announce Plan to Reduce Maternal, Newborn Mortality
Project ASMAN, a major healthcare initiative aimed at reducing infant, neonatal and maternal mortality in India was launched today by a consortium of leading private and development sector partners.
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Impact Investor Lotus Fund Teams Up With Vietnam’s Da Nang University to Launch Innovation Hub
Lotus Fund, an impact investing fund focused on Southeast Asia, has teamed up with the University of Da Nang’s College of Information Technology in Vietnam to launch Lotus Hub, an innovation space for entrepreneurs.
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Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Sørensen on What Propelled Him to Top
Ask chief executives why their companies are performing so well, and they’ll typically credit a brilliant strategy coupled with hard-nosed, diligent execution. But when you ask Lars Sørensen of Novo Nordisk what forces propelled him to the top of HBR’s 2015 ranking of the best-performing CEOs in the world, he cites something very different: luck. Based in Copenhagen, Novo Nordisk was founded in the 1920s to make insulin, then a newly discovered drug. In the years since, demand for diabetes treatments has exploded; today close to 400 million people suffer from the disease. The company now controls nearly half of the market for insulin products—which are second only to oncology drugs as the fastest-growing category of pharmaceuticals. The firm also has branched into growth hormones, hormone replacement therapies, and drugs to treat hemophilia.
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Improving Photosynthesis May Be Our Best Bet to Feed More People
Our ability to keep feeding Earth's growing population using current agricultural methods is hitting its limit. So researchers are looking to alter plants' most basic systems.
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- Agriculture
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Q&A: What Startup Entrepreneurs Need To Know About Raising Money Through Equity Crowdfunding
To get a sense of how entrepreneurs stand to benefit from the Security and Exchange Commission's new equity crowdfunding regulations, Forbes sat down with Rod Turner, cofounder of Manhattan Street Capital – a growth capital marketplace looking to take advantage of the new changes by building an equity crowdfunding platform for mid-sized firms.
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Kenya’s Silicon Savannah Spurs Tech in Sub-Saharan Africa
Most discussions of the origins of Africa’s tech movement circle back to Kenya, which was home to several major technological innovations between 2007 and 2010. This innovation inspired the country’s Silicon Savannah moniker, and has provided an example for other African countries to follow.
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