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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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Crowdfunding in China could be $50 billion business by 2025
By 2025, crowdfunding in China could explode to $46 -$50 billion—about half the amount expected to be channeled to startups and businesses throughout the world, according to a new World Bank report
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China’s Alipay mobile wallet app users have almost reached 100 million
China's largest e-payment company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's Alipay Wednesday said that users of its "mobile wallet" app have reached nearly 100 million across the nation so far.
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AIDS mobile app to be launched
The Indonesia AIDS Coalition (IAC), an NGO with members from AIDS-affected communities, will launch a mobile application on HIV/AIDS information and services.
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Why the banker who helped millions of Bangladeshis out of poverty became his country’s enemy number one
Muhammad Yunus is fêted by world leaders, renowned internationally and a national hero at home. All of which makes it harder to explain why the government in his native Bangladesh is trying to destroy him.
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The Bangladesh poor selling organs to pay debts
Millions of rural Bangladeshis, grow up facing a life of hardship. In an attempt to alleviate poverty, countless numbers take on debt with microcredit lenders, only to find themselves in a difficult situation when they are unable to repay the loan.
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