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Jeff Bezos-Backed Startup Remitly Now Offers Money Transfers to India
Remitly wants to make it easier and cheaper for people to transfer money to family and friends in India.
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Rwanda: How Mobile Money Is Leading the Drive Toward a Cashless Economy
Since its launch in 2011, the nation's journey toward a cashless economy has registered steady progress with benefits such as reducing financial exclusion and enhancing customer experience.
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Obama’s Visit, New Partnership Could Boost Mobile Money in India
The focus of the media attention during the president's visit was the historic invitation to be the honored guest at India's Republic Day -- a first for the U.S. and a signal of the close and evolving relationship between the two countries. However, what got little notice was something the president left behind, something that will likely contribute to the biggest transformation for the poor in India.
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Pharmaceutical Industry in West Africa Receives a Boost
To ensure affordability, safe, quality and efficacious medicines on the African continent, the West Africa Medicines Registration Harmonization Project and Steering Committee of African Union Model Law, has been launched in Accra.
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How a Grassroots Fund Profits From Looking Beyond the Money
It’s something many investors don’t want to hear: Businesses that provide economic opportunity for low-income people in challenging markets around the world require a lot of expensive hand-holding. Harold Rosen, founder of the Grassroots Business Fund (GBF), isn’t afraid to tell them. And, the hand-holding can be worth it.
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Only 40% of Ebola Donations Have Reached the Affected Countries
The latest study shows the gap between what the world pledged to give, and what the affected countries really got.
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The ‘Very Simple Question’ That Impact Investors Should Ask
How can impact investors get the most bang for their buck? Cathy Clark, the director of Duke University’s Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, said it depends on how they define the bang.
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Press Release: Study Shows the Top Ten Global Health Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Issues
Ten years after the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness reported on the need for better coordination in the global fight against disease, global pharmaceutical supply chains remain fragmented and lack coordination, facing at least 10 fundamental challenges, according to a newly published paper by professors at NYU Wagner and MIT-Zaragoza.
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