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PRESS RELEASE: New Report on Integrated Health and Microfinance in India Shows the Way Forward
On July 29, 2014, Freedom from Hunger, the Microcredit Summit Campaign, and the Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar released a new report titled "Integrated Health and Microfinance in India, Volume II: The Way Forward." The report was released in advance of the South Asia Conference on Policies and Practices to Improve Nutrition Security in New Delhi, India.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Manila Is Building Out A 100,000-Strong Network Of Electric Trikes
Giving the city's three-wheeled taxi network an electric upgrade.
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- Energy, Environment, Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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5 Bad Reasons to Start a For-Profit Social Enterprise
Should a new social good organization choose a for-profit model or a nonprofit one? This is a question we face each year at my organization, Echoing Green, when we evaluate thousands of business plans from social entrepreneurs seeking start-up capital and support.
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OPINION: Brazil’s Unaffordable Homes
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — I live in Mandaqui, a district six miles from downtown. The nearest subway station is roughly two miles away, or about 30 minutes by bus, since they’re slow and scarce. It’s not the best place to live if you don’t have a car. Even so, the average price per square foot here recently soared to $250. Real estate in prime areas of the city can now cost as much as $465 per square foot.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Latin America
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Harvard Business School Appoints Matt Segneri Director of Its Social Enterprise Initiative
Harvard Business School (HBS) has named Matthew M. Segneri (MBA 2010) the new Director of its Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), succeeding Laura Moon, who has become Managing Director of the School’s wide array of Initiatives, which focus on research and course development in specific topics such as leadership, health care, and digital technology.
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How 500 Startups-backed SocialCops gets to the bottom of the pyramid with big data
India, like most developing countries, struggles to bridge the gulf between authorities and the common man. Even the best of intentions come to naught when the benefits of welfare schemes don’t reach the people who need them the most — and those in high places can’t seem to figure out why.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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India’s battle against unneeded medical care finds World Bank support
India needs to curtail excessive medical care that leads to patient overspending as more people get health insurance, the World Bank said on Thursday, adding voice to a growing chorus against overtreatment in the country.
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Protector Plus ‘night campaigns’ to promote condom usage in Africa
Population Services International (PSI) has ventured into Protector Plus night campaigns in a bid to promote usage of a new brand of condoms, New Man in Town, as the fight against HIV and Aids continues, an official has said.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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