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Corporate Social Responsibility: Should It Be A Law?
India is the first country to have corporate social responsibility (CSR ) legislation, mandating that companies give 2 percent of their net profits to charitable causes.
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- Impact Assessment
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A New Public-Private Strategy to Combat Malaria and Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis and malaria are two of the world’s most pervasive yet neglected diseases. Together, both affect one-third of the world’s population: three out of seven people globally are infected or at risk for malaria or TB, and one in seven are actually infected.
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In Developing World Healthcare Market, Low-tech is the New Cutting Edge
The r(Evolve) Centrifuge, developed by CentriCycle, is a manual hand-crank blood centrifuge that can operate without electricity in rural areas, separating blood for quick and accurate diagnostic testing.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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OPINION: Managing Finances Well is Key to Africa’s Success
More than ever, African governments need to make the region attractive to investors to shore up the growth path the continent has embarked upon.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Meet the Women Trading Sudan’s First Carbon Credits
Cleaner stoves have saved Sudan over 36,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions and earned the country its first carbon credits.
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- Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Private sector a Key Partner in Canadian Maternal Health Initiative
Tying Canada's overseas development assistance to private-sector partnerships has been a controversial proposition for the Harper government, and one that Development Minister Christian Paradis makes no apologies for.
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DataWind Rolls Out an Affordable Bridge to Education
DataWind, a leading developer of wireless web access and products, and the manufacturer of the world’s lowest cost android tablet PC, announced that it has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA).
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Social enterprise takes smart products to rural poor
A start-up Indian social enterprise has come up with an innovative solution to one of the country's biggest development challenges - helping the rural poor easily access basics such as clean drinking water and electricity.
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