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  Could Fiduciary Standards Be Lowered to Encourage ESG?

  Groom Law says the strong push in international bodies such as the European Commission and OECD to encourage pensions to take into account environmental, social, ethical and governance (ESG) factors could spill over to the United States.

• Blog Post
  Why Microfinance Should Embrace – Not Resist – A New Brand

  We've launched our Most Influential Post of 2016 contest, and every day through Jan. 2 we'll publish another monthly winner included in the competition. This article, the most-viewed post on NextBillion for February, discusses the profound rebranding of microcredit over the past 25 years. There's also a list of the other best-read posts in 2016 and an opportunity to vote for your favorite.

• News
  Indian Pharma Eyes Pride of Place, Regulation Achilles Heel

  India is on track to cement its position next year as a source of safe, effective and quality medicines at affordable prices, but a "growing trust deficit" with the government and regulatory headwinds can pose a serious roadblock to this journey.

• News
  Ghana telco MTN in talks with banks to offer microcredit to SMEs

  Mobile telephony giants MTN has said it will from next year partner some financial institutions to provide microcredit to small and medium-scale enterprises.
  

• Blog Post
  Unlocking Human Potential: How Psychometric Scoring Can Turbocharge Financial Inclusion

  EFL Global aims to enable lending to underserved borrowers around the world. The firm pioneered psychometric credit scoring, a screening tool designed to identify traits key to successful entrepreneurship. In this email Q&A with NextBillion Senior Editor James Militzer, Jared Miller, CEO of EFL Global, talks about efforts by his company and others to “turbocharge” financial inclusion.
  
  
  

• Blog Post
  Weekly Roundup: Romanticizing Castro, Bridge’s Troubled Waters and the Benefits of Cash

  NB's Weekly Roundup makes the call on whether Cuba's high quality of health care justified Castro’s means of achieving it; ponders the future of a private education company under attack from public sector foes; helps debunk the assumption that poor people, when given cash, will squander it on cigarettes and alcohol; and brings up the possibility that data, as it relates to public health, is a business opportunity.

• News
  U.N. Apologizes for Role in Haiti’s 2010 Cholera Outbreak

  After six years and 10,000 deaths, the United Nations issued a carefully worded public apology on Thursday for its role in the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti and the widespread suffering it has caused since then.

• News
  UN health agency issues new guidelines on HIV self-testing

  Ahead of World AIDS Day, marked annually on 1 December, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidelines on HIV self-testing, which aim to help millions of people know their HIV status and get treatment.