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What Happens to Money in E-Wallets in India?
Electronic and in-app wallets have emerged as another payment option. Many companies, especially those in e-commerce and telecom services, offer wallets where consumers can preload money and use to pay for services. Here’s a look at the treatment of money stored in various kinds of wallets.
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- South Asia
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Tricking People Into Being Healthy
As though it heard the Christmas wishes of policy nerds everywhere, the World Bank Group made behavioral economics the theme of its 2015 World Development report.
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- Health Care
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- public policy
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Better Healthcare for Low Income Kenyans
The Business Call to Action and Private Sector Innovation Programme for Health (PSP4H) on December 4, 2014 co- hosted an event focused on innovative private sector approaches to delivering better healthcare to low income Kenyans. The event brought together chief executives, senior representatives from governments, bilateral donors, civil society and the United Nations.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Beyond Profits: Millennials Embrace Investing for Social Good
Once she gets her MBA degree from UC Berkeley in May, Leigh Madeira's dream is to help find funding for young companies devoted to improving the lives of the world's poor.
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- Impact Assessment
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Insurance for Ethiopian Herders Aims to Combat Drought, Conflict
Nomadic livestock herders in Ethiopia have received their first payout from an insurance scheme that tracks poor pasture conditions with satellite technology.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tanzania to Get Second Floating Clinic
The Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic/WAVE non-governmental organization is introducing a floating health clinic on Lake Tanganyika.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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OPINION: Cryptocurrencies Can Transform Financial Services
Can an open protocol-based network technology transform a cartelized, oligopolistic and highly regulated industry by transferring power from large corporations to individuals?
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PHN Unveils $1m HIC to Address Nigeria’s Suboptimal Health Outcomes
As low application of innovation and technology in the healthcare sector remains the biggest drawback in transforming delivery in Nigeria, the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria (PHN), a private sector-led coalition, has unveiled $1 million Health Innovation Challenge (HIC) to address suboptimal health care.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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