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Expats, the ‘scaffolds’ of locally led organizations
“Why does Nuru Kenya have to be locally led?” Jake pressed. “Why can’t expats continue the work?"“Maybe we aren’t asking the right question,” I responded, straightening up in my chair. “Instead of asking why should we exit, perhaps we should ask, why should we stay?”
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PRESS RELEASE: Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion Releases Report on Progress toward Global Financial Inclusion
The Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI) at Accion – an action-oriented think tank working toward full global financial inclusion – released its 'By the Numbers' report today, which benchmarks progress toward global financial inclusion and makes projections about the movement's future.
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- Education
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Report: U.S. cities are taking a stronger look at financial inclusion
Cities are taking a stronger look at financial inclusion, according to new research from the National League of Cities.
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OPINION: Fixing financial inclusion in India
A Self Help Group-bank linkage programme should be included in the financial inclusion strategy of the government.
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- South Asia
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Campaign for Affordable Medicine Gains Ground in South Africa
Patient and leading health organisations in South Africa have now joined a Fix the Patent Laws campaign launched in 2011 by Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to push for reform of the country’s current patent laws.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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3D eye tech social enterprise giving gift of sight
Dr. Hong Sheng Chiong's talk at TEDxAuckland last month was met with a standing ovation. Yet what he had to say is really just the beginning of an open-source journey to end preventable blindness globally; and it begins with a life-changing invention designed especially for those living in poverty.
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- Education, Health Care
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How A Drunken Chipmunk Voice Helps Send A Public Service Message
A new game called Polly, designed by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University, helps get useful information to people with little or no reading skills.
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Making Markets Work: How We Got to 10,000 Toilets
Last month, our PSI-India project surpassed 10,000 toilets in rural Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, where 99 million reside and more than 80% practices open defecation.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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