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Water for all
NEARLY three-fourths of all diseases caused in India are due to water contaminants. Despite that, one in eight Indians still lacks access to clean drinking water.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- South Asia
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India’s Primary Health Care Needs Quick Reform
Primary health care delivery needs to reinvent itself. Only then can India aim for universal health coverage.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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- public health
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Asian Development Bank : Pay-As-You-Go Model Expands Solar Energy Access in Rural India
More than 60,000 households in rural India will have better access to electricity by 2015 as Simpa Networks, a company supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), scales up the sales of its off-grid, pay-as-you-go solar energy solutions.
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- Energy
- Region
- South Asia
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- solar
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Rs 5,500-cr India Innovation Fund to focus on job creation
NEW DELHI: The government today said the Rs 5,500-crore 'India Inclusive Innovation Fund' will focus on generating employment and supporting livelihoods across the country through innovative enterprises.
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- South Asia
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World Bank promises big push to poverty alleviation schemes in India
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on Wednesday indicated an assured annual funding of $3-5 billion for the next four years to push development projects and poverty eradication programmes.
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- South Asia
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Interview with Impact Investment Shujog and Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)
Robert Kraybill, Managing Director at IIX, and Magnus Young, Research Manager at Shujog, join us today to share their insights on the work they do at Shujog and IIX. They also provide their analyses on the trends in the impact investing space.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- public health
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Impact investing likely to grow at 30% annually
Impact investing, in which money is used to deliver social benefits alongside financial returns, generated around $100 million (around Rs.547 crore today) of capital in India last year and is set to grow at an annual pace of 30%, according to research by the Rockefeller Foundation.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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India’s villagers reap visible benefits from solar electricity scheme
Energy NGO Teri has revolutionised 500,000 lives through a scheme that uses solar LED lanterns to provide cheap power
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- Energy
- Region
- South Asia
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- solar
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