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Pakistan facing challenge over procuring vaccines
Pakistan may face a country-wide shortage of life-saving vaccines due to government’s failure to fulfil its international co-financing liabilities for the procurement of vaccines to safeguard lives of millions of children from seven lethal preventable diseases.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- governance, vaccines
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OPINION: Branches Will Never Result In 100% Financial Inclusion in India
India has just 110 branches per million persons, compared with the USA which has more than 300 branches per million persons, and Spain which has an incredible 900 branches per million persons, with the next nearest in the EU being Italy with 650/mm.
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- South Asia
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Innovative New Initiative from JPMorgan Chase to Catalyze Investment in Low- and Moderate-Income Communities
$33 million to help CDFIs across the country build capacity.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Microinsurance coverage rises in the Philippines
Over 19 million Filipinos are covered by microinsurance, more than six times the number recorded five years ago, the Department of Finance yesterday reported.
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- Uncategorized
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- Asia Pacific
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- microfinance
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OPINION: Why I Think the Hype About Crowdfunding Is Too Good to Be True
There are inherent risks with every new business venture, but for many, crowdfunding simply has more risk than reward.
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- Uncategorized
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- crowdfunding
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New York Looks To Bring Bitcoin Out Of The Shadows
You can't put a bitcoin between your teeth, or fold a bit bill into origami. Unlike regular money, it has no physical form; it's computer code.
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- Uncategorized
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- governance
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Microfinance, macro risk
MFX supports lending to entrepreneurs in low-income countries by offering currency swaps and forward contracts to international micro, small, and medium enterprise lenders to offset the risk they take when lending in the local currency of their borrowers.
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- microfinance
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Press Release: Announcing a New Investment – KZ Noir
KZ Noir exports fully and semi washed green coffee and has two roasted coffee brands.
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- Agriculture