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The Dangers of the Indian Government’s Flirtation with U.S. Pharma and Risks for India’s Coherent, Pro-Public Health IP Policy
India’s new Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and his delegation, who have been visiting the U.S. for the first time, have spent considerable time and energy in courting U.S. business interests.
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- South Asia
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- governance, public health
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ideas42 joining with USAID and CGAP to scale up financial heuristics
Project will scale-up pilots applying behavioral economics to create morecustomer-centric financial services
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Equity Bank Determined to Challenge M-Pesa’s Monopoly in Mobile Banking
Equity Bank is determined to challenge M-Pesa monopoly following an announcement made by Taisys Technologies where Equity Bank will be issuing a ultra-thin mobile banking smart SIM with patented technology from Taisys.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Operational difficulties complicate India’s ambitious financial inclusion scheme
Banks in a tizzy over shortage of cards, duplication of accounts
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- South Asia
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OPINION: Shared mobile money agents: Does this benefit the ecosystem?
It’s been reported that the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has pushed through an order compelling Safaricom, Kenya’s largest mobile operator, to share its mobile money transfer agents with the other mobile networks.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Table-banking, a booming loan facility among Kenyan women
Initially when she needed a loan, Joan Mwashi would approach a group she belonged to under a microfinance institution.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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CMD of Bandhan shares details about the new bank’s network, people and likely structure
Kolkata-based Bandhan Financial Services Pvt. Ltd is one of two companies (IDFC Ltd is the other) preparing to convert themselves into banks, having received an ‘in-principle’ approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) six months back.
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- South Asia
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Malawi HIV infections down
The Malawi Ministry of Health said new HIV infections have reduced from 52,000 to 35,000 per year.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa