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Dabbawallas to Spread Dengue, Malaria Messages in Mumbai
On Monday, the city's 50,000-odd dabbawallas will tag a health message-'prevent and control vector-borne diseases'-to each of the two lakh tiffin boxes that they carry throughout the day.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Social Entrepreneurs: Don’t Forget About Kickstarter
The fundraising platform wants to be a place where projects for good get off the ground.
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- Uncategorized
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- crowdfunding
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Zimbabwe’s Econet Launches Mobile Money Loan Service
Zimbabwean users of the mobile money platform, EcoCash, are now able to access urgent loans of up to $500 using their cellphones.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Reorienting Financial Inclusion in India
Fixing small business finance is a great place to start improving financial inclusion. This is a reform that is overdue and should not wait.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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India Announces First Bank Licences in a Decade
India on Wednesday announced it was issuing two new bank licenses for the first time in a decade as it accelerates a push to bring more Indians into the formal banking system.
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- South Asia
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USAID, Hillary Clinton Launch Global Development Lab for Game-Changing Innovations
The event will take place in New York, with Hillary Clinton delivering the keynote address, following an internal launch and a USAID town hall discussion earlier this week in Washington, D.C.
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- Education, Energy, Environment, Health Care, Technology
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- governance, nutrition
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Oxfam Vietnam Will Begin Investing in Social Enterprises
Oxfam’s office in Vietnam has launched a new impact investing program to support social enterprises in the country.
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- Agriculture
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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PRESS RELEASE: Calvert Foundation and Bank of America Partner to Invest in Women
Bank of America's $10 million investment will support the economic and social advancement of women in developing countries.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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