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China to Expand Medical Insurance for Major Illnesses
China will expand medical insurance to cover all critical illnesses for all urban and rural residents by the end of the year, the cabinet said on Sunday, the latest step in a plan to fix a healthcare system that has sparked public discontent.
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PRESS RELEASE: National Skill Development Corporation, Ennovent to help skilling firms in India get funding
The initiative aims to create opportunities and aspirations for skilling as an entrepreneurial opportunity in different sectors to fill the demand of trained skilled workforce in the country.
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- Education
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- South Asia
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Why South Africa’s largest mobile network, Vodacom, failed to grow M-Pesa
With just one million subscribers at the end of March 2015—the uptake of the mobile money platform M-Pesa has been labelled a failure in South Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How California’s Asset Pension System Uses Investments To Agitate for Social Change
Calpers, the nation’s largest pension fund, offers lessons to families with a bent for social-impact investing, blending ideology with a realistic view.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Thirsty for Growth, Liquor Giant Taps African Market
Diageo targets even poorest consumers with liquor made locally and sold cheaply.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Global Vaccine-Development Fund Could Save Thousands of Lives, Billions of Dollars
Ebola is a preventable disease, and yet a safe and effective vaccine has not been deployed. As with many vaccines, financial barriers persist: pharmaceutical companies see high costs with limited market potential, and government support is lacking. But there may be a solution to this vaccine crisis with the ability to save at-risk populations, according to a perspective piece written by physicians based at Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania and the Wellcome Trust.
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- Health Care
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- vaccines
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Breaking the Myths of Microfinance
A poor woman approaches a microfinance lender along with a couple of her neighbours and friends.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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- lending, microfinance
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Viewpoint: E-wallets Won’t Work in India, Says Mswipe Founder
A digital/mobile wallet defeats the very purpose of money, and hence, it is not going to work in India, states Manish Patel, Founder and CEO of mobile point of sale (mPoS) company Mswipe.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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- venture capital
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