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I’m seeing the most progress in Bihar, says Melinda Gates
At a time when foreign-funded NGOs are under the government's scanner, Melinda Gates, Padma Bhushan awardee and co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, says NGO activism is needed for society to thrive. She was speaking to Sagarika Ghose of The Times of India.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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How ‘financial savvy’ can prevent future pandemics
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa highlighted not only the weakness of health systems, but also the lack of dialogue between global health professionals, risk analysts and private sector actors, according to World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.
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- Education, Health Care
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Assured Labor Raises $6.75M, Has Connected Workers With 100K Jobs In Latin America’s Informal Sector
Long before LinkedIn went public or before a plethora of on-demand startups began washing the Bay Area and other U.S. cities with services at the click of a button, there was this startup from an MIT grad called Assured Labor.
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- Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- employment
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Three focus areas to boost jobs
Micro entrepreneurship, artisanship and agriculture are the three promising areas where huge number of jobs can be created, according to Ravi Venkatesan, former Chairman of Microsoft India and presently Chairman of Senior Venture Partners (SVP) India, a network of philanthropists.
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- Education
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- South Asia
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Germany pushes climate insurance as alternative to traditional development aid
Germany's Environment Minister wants the G7 to look at insurance policies as an alternative to traditional development aid.
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OPINION: Why I’m Done With the Foundation World
I’m done. I’ve spent 10 years working in the charity sector and my conclusion is that the organisations that finance it are so bad at their jobs, that they make the rest of us bad at ours.
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- Impact Assessment
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OPINION: Where the Hell Is All the Climate Funding?
Less than 2 percent of all philanthropic dollars go to fighting the existential threat of climate change, and much of it comes from just a handful of funders. Where is all the money?
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- Environment
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- philanthropy
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India accounts for about a fifth of the global population without bank accounts
Recent statistics released by the World Bank highlight not only the strides made by India on the financial inclusion front, but also the challenges ahead.
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- Education
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- South Asia
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