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The Economic Case for Wiping Out Ebola
On Aug. 22, the World Health Organization announced a draft strategy to combat the West African Ebola outbreak over the next six to nine months. That’s a sign that the global health body isn’t optimistic about a rapid end to an epidemic that has killed around 1,300 people so far. An extended outbreak of such a feared disease would have mounting economic costs.
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Bain Capital Buys into Toms Shoes’ Social Enterprise Model
Toms is a well known socially responsible business, a shoe manufacturer that donates a pair of shoes to a needy child for every pair it sells. This business model has attracted an unusual investor: Bain Capital.
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America’s First Billion-Dollar Social Enterprise?
It's not just the fact that TOMS received an investment from Mitt Romney's Bain Capital that was so important - it's the fact that Bain's investment now values TOMS, a social enterprise, at $625 million dollars.
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In India, 50% of microfinance institutions could convert to banks, says regulatory body CEO
About half of the Microfinance Institutions Network’s 49 members could follow in the footsteps of Kolkata-based Bandhan and convert themselves into banks in the next couple of years, according to a top official.
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OPINION: Formal employment remains key to financial inclusion in India
We believe the biggest boost to financial inclusion will come from a push to higher employment in the formal sector, especially regular, salaried employment.
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OPINION: How the Gates Foundation’s Investments Are Undermining Its Own Good Works
Its vast holdings in the fossil fuel and arms industries subvert the foundation’s battle against disease and poverty, says Charles Piller.
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Nutrition: there’s no quick fix for hunger or obesity
“It is worth remembering that nutrition didn’t feature at all in the first set of goals. It was the forgotten MDG,” says Marc Van Ameringen. As the world this week marks 500 days until the end of the millennium development goals (MDGs), I got an interview with the executive director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (Gain).
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