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ACCESS Health International has identified initiatives with relevant solutions to improve India’s ailing system. The goal is to find a model for primary health care that works even in the poorest communities.
In Search of the Perfect Health Care System: In India, innovators are successfully serving even the poorest communitiesBlog Post
Long seen as a vehicle for funding artistic ventures, crowdfunding is evolving into a potentially powerful resource for low-income people and the organizations that serve them. With loosening regulations in the U.S., startups may soon be able to fund their businesses through large pools of small investors, which could be a boon for low-income individuals striving to achieve financial stability through entrepreneurship.
More than a Buzzword: How crowdfunding can expand opportunities for low-income entrepreneursBlog Post
According to Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, too few women are making it to the top, mainly because of socialized gender roles.This rings especially true in the Arab World’s Gulf States, where women often represent a more educated talent pool than the rest of the population, but struggle especially hard against convention, or workplace expectations.
‘Leaning In’ And ‘Pulling Up’: Women’s Economic Equality In The Middle EastNews
GE Healthcare, the US$ 18 billion healthcare business of General Electric Company and Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC), a multi-disciplinary R&D centre of IIT Chennai have entered into a three-year collaborative research and development agreement for innovating a range of disruptive and affordable healthcare solutions.
GE Healthcare & IIT Madras ink 3-year R&D pact to accelerate innovation for a healthier IndiaBlog Post
Traditional ways of viewing diagnostics and drugs separately are starting to blur, especially in the developed world. But new business and partnership models are needed if these boundary-spanning new technologies are to reach low-income countries.
Rx for Global Health: New drug-diagnostic combos are emerging, but are our market structures ready to support them?Blog Post
Is it true that global solutions cannot be created to tackle local problems? Not necessarily.
Pushing the Boundaries of Health Care Localization: Feb. 5 TweetChat to explore the increasingly disruptive role of technology in serving low-income populationsBlog Post
The drive toward transparency and “empathy” has been David Griswold’s mission since creating Sustainable Harvest, a seller of fair trade coffee to the likes of Green Mountain and Whole Foods. This mission to inject more symmetry into the business has served Sustainable Harvest well. In 2013, the company closed $70 million in global sales. He spoke with NextBillion about what’s next.
NexThought Monday: Coffee Talk (and Action): Sustainable Harvest’s Griswold on supply chain empathy and what’s brewing for smallholder farmersNews
Beyond being digital, what does Bitcoin have in common with electronic money and financial inclusion generally? At this point, there seem to be more differences than similarities and it's important not to conflate electronic money with the virtual currency.
Bitcoins and Financial Inclusion: Not Much of a Link for Now
