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Africa’s Microinsurance Maze: Early trial-and-error efforts could lead to coverage for 1 billion in 2013
Insurers, mobile-phone companies and behind-the-scenes administrators also involved have learned that mobile networks and microinsurance are potentially a great fit. The challenge for the future is getting people to pay.
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Cases That Inspire Social Innovation
These success stories and the many others have helped fuel a growing interest in social entrepreneurship, particularly among students. I witnessed this strong interest first hand when I was a student at Harvard Business School (HBS). The Social Enterprise Club, which had started as a scrappy group with a handful of members, grew to be one of largest student clubs on campus, and the student-run Social Enterprise Conference attracted over 1,200 attendees each year.
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- Education, NextBillion Originals
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Announcing the Winners of the NextBillion Case Writing Competition
How BTPN Bank in Indonesia continues to service low-income borrowers is the subject of the winning case in the NextBillion’s Case Writing Contest. The case, “BTPN: Banking for the Bottom of the Pyramid in Indonesia,” was written by a team from University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce in Charlottesville.
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- Agriculture, Health Care, NextBillion Originals
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Striking a Match: Collaborating toward impactful research
In June 2012, the Global Financial Inclusion Initiative at IPA launched the Citi IPA Financial Capability Research Fund, a program supported by the Citi Foundation to incubate and rigorously study products and product-linked interventions to improve the financial capability of the poor. Our next matchmaking program will take place on May 29-30 in Lima, Peru.
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Rs 5,500-cr India Innovation Fund to focus on job creation
NEW DELHI: The government today said the Rs 5,500-crore 'India Inclusive Innovation Fund' will focus on generating employment and supporting livelihoods across the country through innovative enterprises.
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In a cash-only economy, innovation should empower world’s poorest with financial services: The E-Pay Innovation Award carries a $10,000 prize for the most pioneering startup
Imagine a global economy based entirely on cash. You receive your weekly pay in cash; you pay your rent in cash; you pay your monthly electric and water bills in cash; you apply for a loan and receive the money in cash; and you save cash under the mattress in case of an emergency. It seems almost unimaginable in the United States and Europe, but the fact is, of the 2.6 billion people who live on less than $2 per day, nearly 80 percent do not have access to a bank account.
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Rising Entrepreneurs: New research on reversing underinvestment in women-led Business in Latin America
An innovative research study that analyzes the underlying problems of underinvestment in women-led enterprise led by Value for Women, in partnership with the Aspen Development Network, Cherie Blair Foundation and ING. The research, set for publication in April, is motivated by the fact that in Latin America there are significantly less fewer women entrepreneurs than men.
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- Education, Entrepreneurship
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Charting the Financial Inclusion Groundswell in India: The NPCI’s top innovations
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is aggressively leading the Indian government’s efforts to bring banking to all sections of society. After nearly a decade of research and trials, many of these financial innovation measures for the poor are starting to make their way to the marketplace.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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