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El BID propone franquicias sociales para un sistema de salud destinado a los sectores m?s carenciad
Jorge Gronda se reuni? con representantes del BID, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, para trabajar en la creaci?n de franquicias sociales que tienen el objetivo de brindar una cobertura de salud a los sectores m?s desprotegidos. Jujuy al d?a - Jorge Gronda se reuni? con representantes del BID, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, para trabajar en la creaci?n de franquicias sociales que tienen el objetivo de brindar una cobertura de salud a los sectores m?s desprotegidos. En dialogo c...
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Cellphones May Take Banking to the Rural Poor in the Third World
In many third world countries, where bank branches are few and far between, the development that finally may make financial services practical for the rural poor fits in the palm of a hand. PARIS: In many third world countries, where bank branches are few and far between, the development that finally may make financial services practical for the rural poor fits in the palm of a hand. Mobile devices like cellphones have the potential to effectively bring financial markets t...
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Report: Indian Drug Market to Reach $20B
India’s fast-growing economy, expansion in health care insurance and infrastructure, to grow national drug sales to triple by 2015. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Indian drug market is expected to triple in size by 2015, to $20 billion in annual sales, according to a report released Wednesday by international consulting firm McKinsey & Co. The report said India will undergo a significant transformation to become one of the top 10 pharmaceutical markets in the next ...
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ISB Plans Big for Social Ventures
Social entrepreneurship is the latest buzzword on business school campuses world over. Top institutes like Harvard Business School, Stanford-GSB, Oxford University’s Said Business School and New York University’s Stern School of Business are sharpening their focus on ventures that make a difference to societies and communities. And now the Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB) is all set to spawn entrepreneurs to address that segment of the population. The school has...
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La mano al bolsillo
Por filantrop?a pura o como oportunidad de negocio, en el sector privado colombiano toma auge la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial. El sector privado tambi?n se mete la mano al bolsillo, aunque no en la misma medida que los empresarios de pa?ses vecinos. Probablemente el tema con mayor auge medi?tico en el escenario actual de la lucha contra la pobreza en Colombia sea el de la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial, por la cual se entiende la inversi?n que las empresas privadas realizan en favor de...
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Market Insight: Emerging Markets are the New Safe Havens
The world is turning upside down. Or so it might seem to some trying to cope with subprime woes, leveraged structured credit blow-ups, stutters in the commercial paper market and holders of illiquid AAA debt facing 20 per cent losses. To the emerging debt investor of ten years ago, however, it all looks quite familiar, if from a distance and in a different context. The ingredients are an underlying credit problem, a largely homogenous base of investors not fully aware of th...
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Intel’s E-Learning Drive
Intel remains committed to supporting the advancement of skilled workforce in Malaysia through various projects, including the 1:1 e-learning initiative, said Intel South-East Asia director Marcus Low. Low said the initiative was under the umbrella of the Intel? World Ahead Programme, which was aimed at connecting the next billion people to a world of opportunities. He said the World Ahead programme was driving cooperation between local stakeholders and industry leaders t...
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Africa: New Study to Bridge Finance Gap of Small Business
Caught in a limbo between larger firms with access to traditional banking-sector finance and micro-credit initiatives designed to help the small enterprises of the very poor, African businesses in the middle have historically been on the wrong side of both extremes when it comes to accessing finance. Now, a new joint African-European Union study aims to change that. Co-sponsored by the Cameroon Chamber of Commerce for Industry, Mines and Artisans (CCIMA) and the Brussels-based Africa ...
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