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Analysis: Dismissing Microfinance Won’t Help Solve Global Poverty
Microfinance isn’t a cure-all solution to poverty, but abandoning it would ignore the real evidence that responsible financial services make a positive, lasting impact on people’s lives.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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CLIC Report: Landscape of Technical Assistance to Agri-SMEs
Via CLIC, "This report maps over 200 organizations providing technical assistance to agri-SMEs across sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean."
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Global
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World Bank Group and Banco Consorcio Mobilize Financing to Expand Access to Housing and Create Jobs
The two institutions are strengthening their partnership to expand women’s access to mortgage lending, helping reduce Chile’s housing deficit and support the recovery of the construction sector, a key driver of employment and economic growth.
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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TRANSCO Launches QR Code E-Ticketing System to Modernise Public Transport in DR Congo
Speaking through TRANSCO’s Communications and Press Unit, Kilubu highlighted three major benefits of the new electronic ticketing system. He said the reform would give the transport company greater control and visibility over its daily ticket revenue by enabling it to accurately track the number of tickets sold.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Hijau Raises $10 Million to Scale Distributed Solar Projects Across Indonesia
Founded in 2017, Hijau develops rooftop solar projects mainly for commercial and industrial customers. The company follows a zero-capital-expenditure model, allowing businesses to install and use solar systems without making large upfront investments in equipment.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- South Asia
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Oracle Plans to Cut 3,000 India Jobs the Same Month Microsoft Puts 500 on Notice
Oracle is reportedly moving to cut close to 3,000 jobs in India around September 1 or 15, right as its new fiscal quarter opens, following a fiscal-year headcount drop of 21,000 that the company partly blamed on AI adoption. Microsoft, meanwhile, has put roughly 500 India employees, about 2% of its India workforce, on performance improvement plans, giving the AI-versus-headcount story its clearest real numbers yet.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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South Africa Secures $405 Million NDB Financing for Water and Healthcare Infrastructure
The scheme will involve extending and upgrading bulk water pipelines, expanding treatment capacity and developing water storage infrastructure.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: AI Safety Is Designed in the West, and Failing Users Everywhere
English-focused guardrails fail in local dialects, causing dangerous medical misdiagnoses and denied public services.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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