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‘Pay for success’ social-impact bonds help train ex-convicts
Social-impact bonds offer investors a more direct connection between the dollars they invest and the impact they have on a social problem.
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Press Release: Deutsche Bank Reaches $100 Million Commitment Target for its Client-Centric Microfinance Fund
Deutsche Bank announced today it has reached the USD 100 million commitment target for Global Commercial Microfinance Consortium II ("Consortium II"), a first-ever fund to support the growth of microfinance institutions ("MFIs") that pursue a high level of client care, transparency of operations and pricing, and product innovation.
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Tony Elumelu’s new Africapitalism
Global development leaders can’t seem to get enough of Tony Elumelu, the soft-spoken Nigerian banker and philanthropist who last year made headlines when he announced a $2.5 billion investment in U.S. President Barack Obama’s Power Africa initiative.
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Open thread: vote for your favourite development innovation
The honey that heals, the app that helps reunite families after natural disasters, Haiti's miracle moringa tree – which of our dozen development innovations caught your eye?
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Brazil’s healthcare solution: more Cuban doctors
The Brazilian government is carrying out a controversial scheme to address a shortage of medical professionals in rural areas by importing more doctors from Cuba, reports the Financial Times.
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Security personnel to administer polio vaccine in Pakistan
Around 200 security personnel have been trained to immunise children against polio in north-western Pakistan after civilian workers refused to join an upcoming campaign against the crippling disease.
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Most health and fitness mobile apps useless in Africa – HIFA2015
A large number of the mobile health and fitness apps used in Africa are useless in such low-resource settings, in spite of their rising popularity, according to Health Information For All by 2015 (HIFA2015).
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Nigeria: Doctors Shelve Planned Strike
Medical Doctors have announced the suspension of its planned nationwide strike which was to take effect today.
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- Education, Health Care