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Thai Health Policy Seen as Model for Emerging Economies
The President of the World Medical Association said Thailand’s universal health program is a model for other emerging economies in Asia, including India, in providing health services to low income workers. There are growing tensions within the Thai health system amid pressures for co-payments to cope with rising costs.
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- South Asia
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India Blocks Zuckerberg’s Free Net App
India's telecoms regulator has blocked Facebook's Free Basics internet service app as part of a ruling in favour of net neutrality.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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India: Moving a Billion People into Digital Finance
Digital finance has great potential to improve life for consumers and merchants in India. But the lack of familiarity has impeded digital money’s growth in the country. This lack of awareness exists despite India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s national mission for financial inclusion.
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Report: Social/Impact Venture Firms Invested $95 Million in India in 2015
Social/ Impact Venture Firms invested about US$95mn over 53 deals in India during the twelve months ended December 2015, according to data from Venture Intelligence, India’s longest serving research service focused on private company financials, transactions and valuations.. Deal activity increased 8.2% compared to 2014 (which had witnessed 49 such investments valued at US$106mn).
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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The country that supplies eyes
To restore sight to damaged eyes, doctors often need to transplant the cornea – the transparent covering of the iris and the pupil – from a donor's dead body. There is a worldwide shortage, but one country, Sri Lanka, is doing its best to satisfy demand, without seeking any reward – at least in this life.
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Technology Meets Healthcare in India
When it comes to healthcare, developing nations face the challenges of accessibility and affordability. This is particularly true for healthcare in India.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Can Tech Solutions Power a New Kind of Health Care for the Developing World?
People around the world risk their lives by trusting health care workers who sometimes are doing nothing more than shooting in the dark.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Viewpoint: Murmurs of a Fresh Crisis in India’s Microfinance Sector
The questions of microfinance, overlending and women’s suicides are cropping up all over again. The murmurs have been going on for a while, broadly indicating that the hotspots have shifted to eastern Uttar Pradesh and some other pockets.
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- lending, microfinance
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