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Viewpoint: Why Is the United States Letting Its Best Foreign Aid Tool Fall Apart?
As America is blowing billions by using its military as a one-size-fits-all solution for emergencies around the world, USAID is understaffed, underfunded, and on the cusp of crisis.
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Uganda Legalizes Islamic Banking
Uganda's Cabinet has approved the amended Financial Institutions Act 2015, which paves the way for the introduction of Islamic and Agency banking in Uganda.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile Banking Provides Lifeline for Bangladeshis
Phone-based services revolutionize the way people save and send money.
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- South Asia
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Guess Which Country Has The Biggest Increase In Soda Drinking
The Big Soda companies are spending money to develop new markets in low- and middle-income countries. In some of these places, people are earning a bit more than a few years before, so they have more money for soda.
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- Education, Health Care
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South Africa: Dumping of Condoms May Flaw Distribution Numbers Says DA
Recent boasts by the national and provincial health departments at the recent SA Aids Conference held in Durban about how successfully condoms were being distributed may in fact be flawed.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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WHO names Vietnam a new global vaccine supplier
Vietnam has become the 37th country and the fifth in the Western Pacific meeting requirements to produce vaccines for the global market, the World Health Organization said.
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Citizen Media Shows Why India Is Unlikely to Reach Its Millennium Goals Target for Maternal Mortality
According to the UN Millennium Development Goals, India should bring down its maternal mortality rate (MMR) to 109 per 100,000 live births by 2015. This is a tough ask, as from an MMR of 437 per 100,000 live births in 1990-91 India has only achieved a reduction to 190 by 2013-2014. Experts therefore believe that India is likely to miss its Millennium Development Goals target for MMR.
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Technoserve Launces Business Accelerator for Women-Led SGBs in Mumbai
TechnoServe, with the support of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, announces the launch of Empowering Women Entrepreneurs, its Business Accelerator program for women-led small and growing businesses in Mumbai and invites applications for its inaugural batch of 2015-16 ventures.
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