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“This Isn’t Activism; We’re Empowering Rural India”
Ravikant Singh is the founder of Doctors For You, a NGO tackling disaster relief and rehabilitation work.
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- Education, Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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- public health
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Opinion: How Aadhaar, India Post Can Transform India’s Finance
In an episode, Raghav Bahl discussed the idea of setting up a new payments bank which could be a joint venture between Aadhar and India Post.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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OPINION: How to Keep the Asian Development Bank Relevant in a Changing Asia
If any economist had said when the Asian Development Bank was founded, that in just 45 years China would become the world's second-largest economy and India the fourth in terms of purchasing power parity, he would have been dismissed.
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- Environment, Technology
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- South Asia
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- lending
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Lok Capital Sells its Stake and Leaves RuralShores Business Services
mpact investment firm Lok Capital has exited its portfolio company RuralShores Business Services by selling its stake in the rural business process outsourcing (BPO) company to an unnamed strategic investor.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Engaging the Private Sector in the Global War Against Malaria in India
The past decade has seen unprecedented progress against many of the world’s leading global health challenges, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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Social Business in India: Some investors wade in, but most testing waters
Investors meet with frugal innovation, entrepreneurs leave the sector discouraged.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Firms Investing in Social Sector Have deployed $1.6 B in India since 2000
According to a report, the number of foreign investors looking to invest in the social sector has increased.
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- South Asia
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Investing in Private Health Care for All in India
India is in the midst of the world's largest experiment in democratic elections, with more than 800 million people eligible to vote in its current parliamentary elections.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
- Region
- South Asia
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- impact investing