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What’s Holding Back China’s Mobile-Money Market?
China further solidified its position as a market that could greatly impact payments in 2013
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Spreading hope one box at a time
Over 20 artists share their works to aid victims of typhoon ‘Yolanda’
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Long-term Health Problems After Natural Disasters Strike
Health obstacles plague communities long after a natural disaster.
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Small loans a big help for typhoon survivors in the Philippines
The typhoon affected more than 13 million people, including 5 million children, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Even before the storm, nearly 44% of Filipinos lived on less than $2 day and there are now fewer resources than ever to help those in need.
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Philippines’ Quezon City and USAID Launch Mobile Money System
The Local Government of Quezon City, in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy Manila’s United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has launched an innovative mobile money system.
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China cracks down on bitcoin
Regulators have barred the country's banks from trading bitcoin, while denying the pseudo-money legal status and cracking down on anonymous users.
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Post-typhoon expansion of micro-insurance coverage for the poor sought in the Phillipines
The recent devastation caused by supertyphoon Yolanda in the Visayas underscored the importance of expanding coverage of micro-insurance to the marginalized communities in the country.
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GAVI Alliance board to consider new vaccine support
GAVI Alliance partners gathered in Cambodia this week for a meeting to determine which new vaccines will be added to its portfolio of support, the organization said on Tuesday.
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