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Traditional savings circles have existed in different forms for centuries, and are popular in immigrant communities in the U.S. and emerging markets around the world. Accion Venture Lab discusses how the Internet and social media are allowing companies to formalize and digitize them to make them more accessible to a greater number of people.
Digitizing Savings Circles for the Base of the Pyramid: Bringing a centuries-old concept into the digital ageNews
Social entrepreneurs from Yale Univeristy are changing the nature of public health, from creating replacement arteries to training the global health leaders of tomorrow.
In New Haven, Barbara Bush talks about public health innovation at YaleBlog Post
This week, a major Bitcoin exchange filed for bankruptcy, after almost half a billion dollars of the virtual currency went missing. Safaricom continued taking M-Pesa global, while new competition emerged on its home front. And the World Bank postponed a $90 million loan to Uganda in response to a controversial new law. We explore these issues in the Roundup.
Weekly Roundup – 3/1/14: A digital heist, mobile money power-plays and controversy in Africa cap a turbulent week in financeBlog Post
Health care has improved dramatically in Bangladesh in only a generation. The reasons are varied, but one key has been the large-scale distribution of community health workers.
Raining Miracles: Bangladesh’s remarkable health progressBlog Post
Mobile finance represents a tremendous opportunity for social impact, and an important commercial opportunity. GSMA has been collecting and analyzing mobile money data since 2010, and today it released its annual State of the Industry report, with key findings and insights on the growth of this vital sector.
Charting the Growth of Mobile Finance: GSMA report highlights key findings, best practices in a vibrant sectorBlog Post
Mobile finance has received a lot of attention as a way to further financial inclusion. But the mobile phone is not yet accessible enough to reach significant portions of the unbanked, with poor women in particular being left behind. New research from Grameen Foundation explores large variations in mobile phone comfort levels and usage patterns among poor, rural women in India and the Philippines.
Going Local: Mobile financial service providers must consider local differences in access & usability, says Grameen FoundationNews
With less than two years left to the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets for maternal and child health and survival, the UN Secretary-General's independent Expert Review Group (iERG) for monitoring progress did something remarkable last year.
Why Adolescent Health And Why Now?News
The Central Bank of Nigeria CBN on Tuesday refuted a recent report that 600 microfinance banks (MFBs) were facing imminent shutdown. According to a statement by the apex bank, its Director, Other Financial Institutions Supervision Department (OFISD), Mr. Olufemi Fabamwo was quoted as saying that the story was totally untrue and misleading.
Central Bank of Nigeria refutes report of imminent shutdown of 600 microfinance banks
