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New Youth Agenda At the World Bank? Readers and Development Partners Weigh In
Can World Bank staff loosen their ties and engage with young people in a meaningful, productive way? Youth champions and development professionals hope that — if approved by senior management — a new team focused on youth will put an emphasis on listening more to young people to incorporate their ideas into the core of the global financial institution’s work.
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- Education
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Charity Attacks Gilead Over Hepatitis C Drug Restrictions
Charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has accused U.S. drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc GILD.O of restricting access to its breakthrough hepatitis C drug Sovaldi in developing countries as it tries to protect profit margin in wealthier nations.
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- Health Care
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- philanthropy, vaccines
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Press Release: Impact Investment Exchange Asia Selects 4 Innovative Social Enterprises for Impact Accelerator
IIX (Impact Investment Exchange Asia) is pleased to announce that 4 Social Enterprises (SEs) have been selected for its Philippines-based Impact Accelerator™. Impact Accelerator is an intensive acceleration program that targets early-stage SEs with high potential for growth and scalability.
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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Press Release: Ennovent’s Impact Investment Holding invests in Anant Learning
Members of the Ennovent Circle, the Ennovent Impact Investment Holding and Upaya Social Ventures, closed a seed investment round in Delhi-based Anant Learning & Development.
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- Investing
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Viewpoint: Can a Starbucks Model Educate the World’s Poor? Top Tech Funders Think So
Bridge International Academies is intent on disrupting education in Africa and other poor parts of the world. And with big backers like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Pierre Omidyar, the company has lots of momentum right now.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pakistan’s Largest Conventional Bank is Expected to Enter the Microfinance Sector
Habib Bank (HBL) is expected to enter the microfinance banking segment by acquiring Pakistan’s second largest microfinance bank in terms of the value of savings, according to a regulatory filing by the country’s biggest commercial bank on Thursday.
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‘Ebola-Proof’ Tablet Device Developed
A tablet device that can withstand being doused in chlorine has been developed to help medics caring for patients with Ebola.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Microfinance Companies to Be Hit by Mergers and Acquisitions in Ghana
Ghana’s microfinance industry is expected to be hit by mergers and acquisitions as the regulator demands recapitalization of companies in the sector.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- microfinance
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