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Unilever Pledges to Help 25 Million People Gain Improved Access to Toilets
Today, at the Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park, Unilever is announcing a commitment to help 25 million people gain improved access to toilets by 2020.
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Indian government to offer life insurance with new bank accounts through financial inclusion scheme
The government will shortly announce the life insurance cover to be provided to the new bank accounts being opened under the Prime Minister's Jan Dhan Yojana, a top finance ministry official said today.
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PRESS RELEASE: TriLinc Global Impact Fund Makes Impact Investments in Kenya, South Africa and Argentina
TriLinc Global Impact Fund announced today that it has approved a total of $9.9 million in trade finance facilities to a Kenyan, a South African and an Argentine company, bringing total financing commitments as of September 29, 2014 to $38.1 million for business expansion and socioeconomic development through its holdings in Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia
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Vodacom “cautiously optimistic” that M-Pesa is better positioned to take off in South Africa
Mobile operator Vodacom is cautiously optimistic that itsMobile money offering, M-Pesa, is now better positioned to take off locally, after it failed to make much of an impression on the local market the first time around.
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Experts: Population to Grow from 7 to 11 Billion
Our planet is home to about seven billion people. Since the 1990s, population experts have predicted the number would grow to ninebillion before it begins to slow down and possibly decrease.
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Multinationals reaffirm commitment to BoP business with BCtA
Inclusive business has continued to flourish with the growth of new enterprises that serve the bottom of the pyramid
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Bill Clinton Rewards a Social Startup and Resolves a Minor Health Crisis in the Same Night
A team of students from the Indian School of Business left a Times Square Sheraton Tuesday night with $1 million to help them improve access to health care in low-income neighborhoods and with this year’s Hult Prize, which former U.S. President Bill Clinton awards annually to a team of student social entrepreneurs.
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What Needs To Happen For Impact Investing To Be The World-Changing Force It Could Be
The idea of investing both for profit and social good has come a long way in the last few years, but the sector still has enormous potential to grow.
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