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Japanese Foundation Joins the Public Health Grand Challenge Bandwagon
A Japanese foundation will try to discover innovative approaches to neglected infectious diseases with a Grand Challenge.
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New One-Stop Resource Centre for Social Enterprises to Be Launched
Instead of seeking help at multiple locations, social enterprises will be able to go to a new one-stop resource centre to be launched in the second quarter of the year. Social enterprises are businesses with a social mission.
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Asian Development Bank Commits to $1.5b in Loans for Indonesia’s Infrastructure Development
The Asian Development Bank pledged its support for Indonesia’s development plan and is committed to disburse at least $1.5 billion in loans to the country to help fund various infrastructure projects, the multilateral lender’s president said on Tuesday.
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Japanese Drugmakers Addressing Neglected Tropical Diseases, and Not Just Out of Altruism
Japanese drugmakers are developing medicines to treat infectious diseases that have been overlooked because there is little financial incentive.
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Gates Foundation Donates $4.9m to SK Chemicals’ Vaccine Project
SK Chemicals Co., a petrochemical unit of South Korea's third-largest conglomerate SK Group, said Sunday it has received a donation of US$4.9 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for its project to develop a vaccine for typhoid fever.
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Indonesian Telco Indosat Launches ATM Card to Go with E-Wallet
Indonesian telco company Indosat, in collaboration with Qatar National Bank (QNB), launched a mobile money ATM card this week, CNN Indonesia reports. The card is integrated with Indosat’s ewallet feature Dompetku, which now claims to be the first mobile money provider in Indonesia with a parallel ATM service feature.
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Firms, Aid Groups Help Filipinos Borrow From Banks Instead of Sharks
Housewife Jenny Orquiza, whose home was damaged by super typhoon Haiyan, did not imagine that the Philippines' biggest natural disaster would lead to her getting something she never had - a bank account.
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PRESS RELEASE: Grameen China and JD.com Launch Crowdfunding Microfinance Project
JD.com, Inc. ("JD.com" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: JD), China's largest online direct sales company, and Grameen China, the China-based entity of Grameen Trust ("GT"), a non-profit and non-government organization committed to the cause of poverty alleviation, today announced that they have reached an agreement on a strategic partnership in China.
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- crowdfunding, microfinance