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OPINION: How to Close the Health Gap Between Rich and Poor
With aggressively scaled-up health investments, 10 million lives could be saved annually, beginning in 2035.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- North Africa & Near East
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Thomson Reuters release Islamic Social Finance Report
Thomson Reuters has released the Islamic Social Finance Report 2014 in collaboration with the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group.
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- Impact Assessment
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- North Africa & Near East
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Computer Access for the Poorest at $7 a Head
Israeli start-up Keepod believes it has a low-cost way to bring the billions living in poverty into the digital age.
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- Education, Technology
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- North Africa & Near East
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U.S. Telemedicine Initiative Tackles Diabetes Epidemic in Libya
A Libyan-American steering group has been created to manage local outreach, and get as many retinal cameras into primary care situations as possible.
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- Education, Health Care
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- North Africa & Near East
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Israeli hackers with a conscience
Tel Aviv hackathon aims to show that technology can help the world's poorest people - and make a profit.
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- Uncategorized
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- North Africa & Near East
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A data-driven perspective on Islamic finance
In an effort to add some empirical rigor to ongoing debates surrounding Islamic finance, a new working paper and Findex Note explore differences in the usage of formal financial services between Muslims and non-Muslims, and the usage of and preference for Sharia-compliant banking products.
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- Education
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- North Africa & Near East
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Qatar-based social initiative, Silatech hosts US events on innovative entrepreneurship
Founded by HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser,Silatech has hosted two major events in the US with a view to increasing awareness and informing US policy towards youth in the Arab world.
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The difficulty of starting up a social enterprise in a warzone
With youth unemployment across countries like Egypt, Somalia and Syria still hovering between 60% and 70%, there has never been a more relevant time to encourage social entrepreneurship. In some developing countries, where there is no central government stable enough to accept foreign aid, it can be responsible for up to 90% of job creation.
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- North Africa & Near East
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