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Three Questions with David Aylward, Senior Advisor on Global Health and Technology at Ashoka
Food Tank, in partnership with The George Washington University, is hosting the 1st Annual Food Tank Summit in Washington D.C. on January 21-22, 2015.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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PRESS RELEASE: National Advisory Board on Impact Investing Names Darren Walker As New Chair
Today the U.S. National Advisory Board on Impact Investing (NAB) named Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, as the new Chair, joining the leadership team that includes Matt Bannick, Managing Partner at Omidyar Network, and Tracy Palandjian, CEO of Social Finance US.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Tampax, Toilets and Shark Tanks
Inspired by the ABC reality TV show Shark Tank, PSI’s corporate partnerships team recently conducted its own version of the contest. Teams of PSI staffers presented five ideas to three judges, Sumathi Balasubramanian, senior manager, initiatives for girls and women, PSI; Marcie Cook, senior regional director, Asia and Eastern Europe, PSI; and Adeeb Mahmud, director, FSG. The winner was the Tampax for Toilets campaign, submitted by Dan Lawner and Genevieve Kelly of PSI’s East Africa department and Malaria and Child Survival department, respectively. Watch their winning presentation above or read below for more on their idea:
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bill and Melinda Gates Want to Fix Another Messy Global Problem: Banking
Bill and Melinda Gates have taken on some of the world’s messiest problems, funding projects to improve the design of toilets and condoms and even create urine-powered fuel cells. Now, in their annual letter published today, they’re outlining ambitions to tackle another messy sector: banking.
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Opinion: Does the GSMA Code of Conduct for Mobile Money Providers Go Far Enough to Protect Consumers?
The recently launched GSM Association Code of Conduct for Mobile Money Providers is a welcome initiative. There is increasing recognition of the economic benefits that digital financial services can bring, along with an understanding that achieving ambitious financial inclusion targets may well depend on their rapid rollout. Such targets are being proposed by the World Bank, under the Maya Declaration and in other forums.
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GAVI Selects India’s HMD As Partner for Global Health Project
GAVI, a public-private global health partnership committed to increasing access to immunisation, has chosen Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices Ltd (HMD) as one of its knowledge and strategic partners to promote injection safety around the world.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- vaccines
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Davos 2015: Live Updates From the World Economic Forum
Wednesday marks the second day of the 2015 World Economic Forum, also known as the Davos Annual Meeting.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- Europe & Eurasia
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PRESS RELEASE: AfDB and Mastercard Seek to Broaden Financial Inclusion in Africa Through Digital Finance
On Thursday, January 22 in Davos, Switzerland, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and MasterCard announced a broad collaboration that aims to expand financial inclusion across the African continent. The collaboration seeks to develop solutions that drive inclusive growth in Africa by broadening access and usage of digital financial services.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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