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Smokeless Tobacco – A Major Cause for Concern in India
Wrapped inside betel leaves and placed in the corner of the mouth, chewing tobacco has been a practice in India for centuries.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Latin America development bank CAF eyes presence in Cuba
The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) aims to be the first multilateral lender present in Cuba, its executive president said on Thursday, as the communist-run island seeks foreign investment amid a diplomatic opening to the United States.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Latin America
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- lending
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With over six million mobile accounts, Easypaisa becomes third largest bank in Pakistan
Easypaisa, a leading branchless banking service, claimed to have become the country's third largest bank in terms of accounts.
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- South Asia
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- mobile finance
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India’s microfinance loans are growing at a scorching pace, but it’s a warning signal
The institutions that give tiny loans to the poor somehow seem to be rediscovering their long-lost obsession for rocket-speed loan growth — the same mistake that once shattered the entire industry.
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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Vodafone expands Farmers Club to 4 new markets
Vodafone announced that it is launching its Farmers’ Club initiative - which offers a range of mobile services to help farmers in Turkey boost productivity - in India, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Google is changing mobile for the next billion users
Faced with a large population with slow, little or no mobile broadband, Google is tweaking its core apps to spread the mobile revolution around the world.
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- Technology
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- mobile finance
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70% of institutional investors turning down projects on environmental, social and governance grounds
Seven out of ten institutional investors interviewed by PwC say they would decline to take part in a private equity fund raising or would turn down a co-investment on environmental, social and governance risk grounds.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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PRESS RELEASE: Accion Announces MetLife Foundation Grant to Support Financial Inclusion in Myanmar
Financial inclusion pioneer Accion announced today that the MetLife Foundation has awarded Accion a $250,000 grant over two years to support its new MFI, Dawn Microfinance, in Myanmar.
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- South Asia
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