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  • International Aid: Millions Awarded for Innovations to Save Lives of Mothers and Children at Birth

    About $14 million was awarded to innovations aimed at saving the lives of mothers and children around the world Thursday in a landmark event hosted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah. " Saving Lives at Birth ," the first in a series of Grand Challenges for Development led by the U.S. Agency for International Development, brought together doctors, health workers, engineers and entrepreneu...

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    ABC News (link opens in a new window)
  • Disruptive Startups That Don’t Get Funded

    Coca-Cola ( KO ) sells millions of bottles of its fizzy sugar water in the poorest villages of the world at 15¢ to 25¢ per bottle-prices locals can barely afford. What would happen to the multinational’s business if a well-funded Chinese soft drink startup decided to crash that market with a sweet but relatively nutritious beverage it sold for 5¢ a bottle? Coke would most likely ge...

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    Bloomberg Businessweek (link opens in a new window)
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  • Working With GE to Develop Products for Rural India: MART

    New Delhi, Jul 29 (PTI) Consultancy firm MART today said it is working with US-based diversified giant GE to develop affordable healthcare products for the Indian rural market. The firm that advises big firms such as HUL, Shell, Colgate, Heinz, Intel and John Deere, said it is currently helping GE in developing a host of products, including baby warmers and products to treat cardiac problems. "We are working with GE to develop very affordable healthcare products for rural India," ...

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    MSN News (link opens in a new window)
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    South Asia
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  • ’Africa Can Feed the World’

    Africa can feed not just itself but the world is a bold assertion to make at a time when famine stalks part of the continent. But this is precisely the claim made by Kanayo Nwanze, the president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (...

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    Guardian.co.uk (link opens in a new window)
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    Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Avon’s Door-to-Door Model Adopted in Uganda

    Steve Chiotakis: Cosmetic-maker Avon releases earnings today. Analysts expect it to at least match profits from a year ago. In Uganda, a U.S. organization is using Avon’s door-to-door model to help consumers get the products they need, but often are unavailable to the -- and this month that service is expanding. The BBC’s Anna Cavell reports from Kampala, Uganda. Anna Cavell: With a $75 loan, women in Uganda are being turned into en...

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    American Public Media (link opens in a new window)
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    Sub-Saharan Africa
  • ?Affordable Housing is Not Possible in Mumbai or Delhi?

    Vishnu Swaminathan, director of Ashoka Foundation which is undertaking a low-cost housing initiative for the poor, believes that such projects are not possible in the major metros where land costs are too high and delays add to the cost The government estimates that the country will see a shortage of 26.53 million homes by 2012. Ashoka Foundation, the global association of social entrepreneurs for change, has in one of its several initiatives, launched low...

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    Moneylife (link opens in a new window)
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  • Debate on the Role of Growth and Redistribution in Poverty Alleviation in India

    The capacity of Indian intellectuals to argue even when they lack data either to refute the opponents’ position or support their own far exceeds that of their counterparts anywhere else in the world. This means that issues that have been largely settled elsewhere remain subject of endless heated debate in India. Nothing illustrates this better than the debates on the role ofgrowth and redistribution in alleviating poverty, which go unabated in the real and virtual forums around the countr...

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    The Economic Times (link opens in a new window)
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    South Asia
  • India?s Oldest Microfinance Firm on the Verge of Closure

    Mumbai: The controversial Andhra Pradesh microfinance law is set to claim its first victim. Vijay Mahajan-promoted Bhartiya Samruddhi Finance Ltd (BSFL), India’s oldest microfinance institution (MFI), is collapsing under the burden of bad loans. With borrowers in Andhra Pradesh refusing to repay, bad loans are growing and threatening to wipe out its entire net worth and reserves. "We are unlikely to survive beyond the next two to three months if we don’t get fresh funds," ...

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    livemint.com (link opens in a new window)
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    South Asia
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