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Implementation, budget changes needed for Swachh Barat to work
Nearly a year into India’s ambitious plan to end open defecation by 2019 and nongovernmental organizations fear it’s being derailed by an overwhelming focus on building toilets instead of changing behavior.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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Alibaba Launches Mobile App in China to Lower Entry Barriers to Investing
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s finance affiliate unveiled a wealth-management app on Tuesday to help less well-heeled Chinese buy into hundreds of funds and track stocks from Hong Kong to the Nasdaq off their smartphones.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Norwegian fund giant to sell its stakes in companies over environmental concerns
Norway's $1.15 trillion Cdn sovereign-wealth oil fund announced this week that it will sell its stakes in four Asian companies over environmental concerns, underlining how willing it is to take an activist approach to companies that fail to meet its ethical standards.
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- Energy, Environment
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- impact investing
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Report: Four in five households in Bangladesh have access to financial services
Four in five households in Bangladesh have access to financial services, thanks to improvements in the networks of banks and microfinance institutions as well as a booming mobile banking segment, according to a new study.
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- Education
- Region
- South Asia
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India’s MFI credit bureaus comb client data to smooth microloans
Three years after India’s first credit bureau for microfinance institutions (MFIs) opened shop, teething troubles continue to prevent lenders and borrowers from making full use of it.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- South Asia
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- lending, microfinance
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Are African leaders misusing Chinese development finance?
A new study suggests that China's hands-off approach may enable recipient governments to prioritize projects according to personal or political concerns rather than the needs of the recipient population.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Government encouraging foreign investment in Vietnam healthcare
Vietnam’s healthcare market expenditure is expected to grow from $12.90 billion in 2014 to $27.48 billion in 2020 or a compound annual growth rate of 13.4 percent, according to research analyst firm Frost & Sullivan.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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Researchers from India and China empowered to provide CVD care through Smart Mobile App
In a first dual-country trail, researchers from India and China have together discovered cost-effective ways to improve the quality of primary care and clinical outcomes in resource-limited settings through smart mobile application which could have major benefits for the general population who suffer known cardiovascular diseases.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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