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Great Potential in China’s Medical Device Market
Though the United States and Europe both greatly surpass China's healthcare, China is expected to catch up to Europe by 2020.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Hypertension-Driven Disease Rapidly Rising In Sub-Saharan Africa
Weill Cornell study suggests urbanization and industrialization, coupled with a possible predisposition to hypertensive diseases, may be responsible.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Solar energy: African economies’ secret weapon
In recent years, the continent has become a haven for renewable energy, spearheaded by small, tech savvy companies keen on capitalizing off of the global south's hunger for energy.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Base of the Pyramid, solar
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Studies on Mexican microlender shed light on profit, poverty
Mexico's microfinancing bank Compartamos, accused by activists of exploiting poor borrowers with exorbitant interest rates, has generally helped people but could cut the interest it charges without hurting its bottom line, a pair of studies has found.
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- Uncategorized
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- Latin America
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- microfinance
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Indian innovation for African development
A catalyst for innovation: That is how the United States envisions India, a former aid recipient and now emerging donor that nevertheless still is home to millions of people living in poverty and is facing other development challenges despite its growing economy.
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- Education, Health Care
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What can U.S. healthcare innovators learn from medical tourism inside and outside its borders?
Mexico’s beaches are supposed to be beautiful so maybe it’s not hard to understand why people would flock there for surgery and make it the No. 2 medical tourism hot spot. A pair of reports reveal that although the U.S. is one of the top three destinations for medical tourism, it could also learn from innovation in other countries such as India.
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- Health Care
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Health insurance surge to put India in top 10 pharma markets
India’s drugs and pharmaceuticals market is poised to become one of the top 10 in the world in value with total sales doubling to $26 billion by 2016, driven by an expected surge in health insurance, according to the latest market prognosis report by drug market researcher IMS Health.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Research finds rising numbers of ‘hybrid organizations’ across sectors
An increasing number of entrepreneurs are gravitating to a new model for achieving social change: the hybrid organization. By offering a way to achieve both social and economic goals, this model has sparked the creation of thousands of social enterprises around the world, forcing long-standing business perspectives and even legal systems to make way.
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- Impact Assessment
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