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New alliance for food security would accelerate agricultural development -Namoale
The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, an initiative to lift 50 million people out of poverty over the next 10 years through sustained agricultural growth, was on Wednesday launched in Accra.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Haircuts Can be Serious Business for Myanmar Women
Khin May Phyo, 18, fought back tears as she bickered with the barber over the length of her haircut.“If you want to make 20,000 kyat [23 dollars], then it has to be cut here,” said Kay Aye Mon, chopping the girl’s waist-length hair at the base of her neck with her palm.
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- Asia Pacific
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Reverse innovation brings social solutions to developed countries
Social entrepreneurship often focuses on finding solutions to problems in the developing world. But, as the European Union battles with the ongoing recession and the US experiences rising levels of poverty, social enterprise solutions are increasingly appropriate in advanced industrial countries as well.
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- Uncategorized
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- Europe & Eurasia
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DemystData Announces Series A Investment to Help Financial Institutions Grow Through Deeper Customer Data
Strategic investment from Accion and Arbor Partners Asia strengthens DemystData's position in the $12 billion big data marketplace.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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The Rockefeller Foundation Supports Impact Investing Policy Research in Africa
The Rockefeller Foundation through its Impact Investing initiative is funding research in five sub-Saharan African countries which will contribute to two overarching goals: understanding the policy barriers and enabling environment for impact investing across Africa and recommending national policies to encourage the growth of the industry for the ultimate benefit of poor or vulnerable communities.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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Unilever sees ‘return to poverty’ in Europe
Unilever will adopt marketing strategies used in developing countries in order to drive future growth in Europe, as the head of its European business warned that poverty will rise in the region as a result of the debt crisis.
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Institute for sustainable enterprise takes off
An innovative concept to promote green technology and support entrepreneurs to build a sustainable business on this much needed space has taken shape in Bangalore. Indian Institute for Sustainable Enterprise (IISE), promoted by some well known global and Indian personalities has kicked off its operations and is set to launch its post-graduate certificate programme in sustainable enterprise shortly.
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- Environment, Technology
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- South Asia
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Africa innovations: 15 ideas helping to transform a continent
A mobile phone database for dairy farmers and a strain of sweet potato that can help fight child blindness. These are just two of the imaginative new ideas that are tackling Africa's old problems
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- Agriculture, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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