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Staying the course – Obama’s 2015 proposal for US foreign aid
Don’t be fooled by U.S. President Barack Obama’s relatively flat foreign aid budget request for fiscal year 2015.
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- Education, Health Care
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Biocon Launches e-healthcare Programme in Odisha, India
Biotech major Biocon in partnership with Canara Bank and Odisha government has initiated an e-healthcare programme for the underprivileged and rural communities in the state.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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U.S. Fears for Patents on Next-Generation Drugs in India
An Indian committee is reviewing up to a dozen patented drugs to see if so-called compulsory licenses, which in effect break exclusivity rights, can be issued for some of them.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Goldman Floats World Bank $50 million for Fund to Help Women Entrepreneurs
The new venture, called the Women Entrepreneurs Opportunity Facility, aims to help close the estimated $300 billion credit gap that the IFC says exists for women-owned businesses.
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- Uncategorized
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- impact investing
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The Most Dangerous Man in Bitcoin Isn’t a Criminal
Preet Bharara tells the hotel ballroom full of bankers. "I could either come around, or you could just form a single-file line."
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Opinion: Can ‘Impact Investors’ Save the Day for Cleantech Entrepreneurs?
The impact investing concept is differentiated from other related concepts like ESG (environment-social-governance) in that it involves proactive investments designed to make a positive difference.
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- Energy, Environment, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Central Bank of Nigeria Approves Liquidation of 83 Microfinance Banks – NDIC
The Managing Director, Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation, Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, on Tuesday said that the Central Bank of Nigeria had approved the liquidation of 83 licensed microfinance banks.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- governance, microfinance
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US Foundation Endowments – A Missing Piece to Maximizing Impact
A handful of foundations leverage their shares in public equity investments to directly engage the companies they hold in their portfolios.
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- Impact Assessment
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