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This Colombian town is trying to get rid of cash — but it’s not so easy
A town of 5,000 is trying to become the first in Latin America to entirely phase out cash and rely solely on digital currency.
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Inter-American Development Bank Report Highlights Business Opportunities At Base of the Pyramid in Latin America and Caribbean
According to an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report released today, the base of the pyramid is a $759 billion market offering promising business opportunities to the private sector.
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Peru Government Installs National Strategy for Financial Inclusion
As the Peruvian Finance Minister, Alonso Segura, declared last December, social inclusion is “the foundation of Peru’s growth.” To make this possible, they increased the budget for social inclusion programs for the current year by 20%.
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Education Start-up, The Un-School of Disruptive Design, Announces Mexico City Fellowship for Emerging Leaders
Following a successful program in NYC, the Un-School has opened applications for mavericks and misfits of social innovation to join them in Mexico this November.
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Channing Tatum Retires From Stripping and Focuses on Saving Lives
Recently, we all found out Channing Tatum?'s deepest, darkest secrets revealed during an AMA — from his admittance that his acting was horrible in Step Up? to his love for Pinterest. (Yes, he seriously has a Pinterest board, and it's magical.)
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WHO Validates Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Syphilis in Cuba
Cuba today became the first country in the world to receive validation from WHO that it has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.
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A Light in the Darkness
Some mountainous parts of Mexico are so remote that the electricity grid fails to reach them, let alone the banking system. A five-year-old social enterprise, Iluméxico, hopes to change that. It provides more than 20,000 people with loans to buy low-cost solar panels and batteries, enabling them to switch lights on, watch television and charge mobile phones, sometimes for the first time.
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Prescription for Shoes
We walk into the exam room—Jeremy, a fourth year medical student on the cusp of finishing a clinical rotation at the Mayan Medical Aid health post, and me, a global health graduate student eager to learn about healthcare in indigenous communities in Guatemala.
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