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An Impact Investor’s Guide to Creating Social Impact
There's a lot of excitement about impact investing these days. The industry's main goal, to make money while making a difference, is very enticing. However, with the lack of information on successful impact investments, it's hard to know if impact investments are truly making an impact.
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- Impact Assessment
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Narendra Modi government to pay banks fee for pursuing financial inclusion plan in India
MUMBAI: Government has agreed to give banks some commission for pursuing the financial inclusion plan announced by the prime minister on the Independence Day.
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OPINION: By making ATM transactions expensive, the Reserve Bank of India is contradicting its own stance
On Thursday, when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) permitted banks to charge customers for using other bank ATMs more than thrice a month and that of own-banks more than five times, the apex bank was contradicting its own stated policy stance of encouraging public to alternative banking channels and, then gradually, to paperless banking.
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In Tehran, a Taxi’s Metamorphosis Is Kafkaesque
The husband-and-wife team of Mehdi Yazdany and Sarvenaz Heraner were cruising the streets of Iran's sprawling capital in search of targets.
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- North Africa & Near East
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Cambodia’s Orphan Business
People & Power goes undercover to reveal how 'voluntourism' could be fuelling the exploitation of Cambodian children.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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Here’s How To Give Back AND Make Money
Meet the newest investing buzzword on the block.
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- Impact Assessment
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A Fiasco At The Burial Ground, A Prank At The Shop: Covering Ebola
NPR's global health correspondent Jason Beaubien tries to keep his cool when traveling abroad. But he may have set a new record for chillness.
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- Health Care
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Growth of independent India an amazing story; empower it by health investment: Bill Gates
Today, the prime minister will stand at the Red Fort to address the nation. For a generation, the Independence Day speech has been about India's mind-blowing progress - and today's will be no different.
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- Health Care
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