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My Health Plan for Africa – New WHO Boss
Dr Rebecca Moeti was last week in Geneva appointed the new WHO boss for Africa. She spoke exclusively to Star's John Muchangi on her immediate plan.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- governance
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Roundup 1/17/15 – Superman, Robin Hood and Stock Trading: Should the U.S. impose a financial transaction tax?
In the film Superman III, a computer programmer embezzles huge sums from his employer’s payroll by diverting small amounts from each check into his account. Unbeknownst to many, high frequency stock traders in the U.S. and other countries use a similar technique - legally. But if Congress passes a recent proposal for a financial transaction tax, the practice would end. We discuss the implications in this Roundup.
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- Impact Assessment
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How China is reshaping global development finance
The BRICS Development Bank, the AIIB and the Silk Road Fund – recent initiatives spearheaded by China that symbolize its growing influence in development funding and potential new sources of financing, says Rajiv Biswas.
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- Uncategorized
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Jan Dhan may win Guinness record for Modi, but duplicate accounts can burden banks
he Narendra Modi government is in dialogues with the Guinness World Records team to bag a record for the government for opening maximum number of bank accounts in minimum number of days, according to persons familiar with the development.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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OPINION: Why India, not China, is a better investment partner for Africa
Did you read the story on Chinese investment in Africa? They’re being published in droves, usually with a vaguely racist headline, like “Booming African lion economies gear up to emulate Asians.”
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- South Asia
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Financial Inclusion Under the Microscope: Which countries scored highest in Accion’s “Global Microscope 2014”?
Accion’s Global Microscope evaluates the environment for financial inclusion in 55 different countries, on indicators that include government support, the supervision of microfinance and other financial products, the status of credit reporting, regulations governing mobile banking, and consumer protection. Sonja Kelly runs through some winners and losers.
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Separating Potential from Panacea: USAID’s primer offers a disciplined approach to market shaping
While market shaping can be transformative, it’s not a cure-all. USAID’s primer offers a disciplined approach to examining a health product market and evaluating whether and how market shaping could increase access for end users.
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- Health Care
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- governance, supply chains
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China To Build Liberia Health System
The government of the People’s Republic of China has pledged that as a plan for the post-Ebola period, it will work with other international partners to help build and modernize Liberia’s health sector.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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