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Vikram Akula eyes a comeback to SKS Microfinance
Vikram Akula, the one-time poster boy of microfinance in India and founder-chairman of SKS Microfinance, is trying to make a comeback to the very company he founded in 1998 but had lost control two years ago.
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- South Asia
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What healthcare leaders can do to nurture innovation
The five top tips to harness potential and give staff a licence to suggest changes
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- Education, Health Care
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- research
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Goizueta MBAs Help Fix the Bolivian Recycling Business
On Aug. 3, seven MBA students from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School will travel to Bolivia as part of a project designed to put their skills to work solving a waste problem in the nation’s capital in Santa Cruz. The students will help determine the feasibility of building a more efficient recycling plant and creating jobs in the process.
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- Education
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- Latin America
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7 Female Social Innovators Changing the World
Michelle Wright celebrates seven amazing women who are pioneering social change.
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- Education
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Imagining a ‘Smart Country’ – Such as Rwanda
Everyone is talking about “smart development” and “smart solutions” – the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to tackle the most pressing development problems such as poverty, access to basic services, and job creation. But if a whole country decided to become “smart” what would that look like to its citizens, government, and private sector?
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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China believes in UNIDO, why don’t the rest of us?
The election of China's Li Yong to UNIDO's top slot reveals the country's growing commitment to development.
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- Asia Pacific
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- governance
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Environment, education and health need urgent progress, says MDG report
Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia lag behind rest of world, with targets on child and maternal deaths, and sanitation significantly off-target
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rwanda is building a strong economic reputation
Ask any expat about Rwanda and its bloody genocide is likely to feature strongly, rather than the fact it has one of the world’s best performing economies.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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