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Brazil Approves GM Mosquito That Could Cut Dengue
The approval was made last week (10 April) by the National Technical Commission on Biosecurity, the organisation that regulates transgenic organisms in Brazil.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Latin America
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E-banking Central to Uruguay Financial Inclusion Law
Electronic banking services will play a central role in Uruguay's new financial inclusion law, approved by the senate last week, local paper Espectador reported.
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Frustration Rises Over Crowdfunding Rules
Critics Say Two-Year-Old JOBS Act, Intended to Help Entrepreneurs Attract Investments, Requires Major Revisions
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- Uncategorized
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- crowdfunding, governance
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Rohingya Health Crisis In West Myanmar After Aid Groups Forced Out
The United Nations says at least 40 Rohingya were killed there by Buddhist Rakhine villagers. The government denies any killings occurred.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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- governance, philanthropy
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NIH Center Sets New Goals for Global Health Research and Training
Fogarty plans to reinvigorate its efforts to train more developing-country scientists in these new areas of global health, where the field is moving and where the most interesting discoveries are yet to be made, according to the plan.
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- Education, Health Care
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- governance, research
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Bangladesh Fights Off HIV
Strong political commitment, timely donor support and effective government-NGO collaboration are behind Bangladesh’s successes on this front.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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Opinion: How Aadhaar, India Post Can Transform India’s Finance
In an episode, Raghav Bahl discussed the idea of setting up a new payments bank which could be a joint venture between Aadhar and India Post.
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- South Asia
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World Bank to Spend $8 Billion on Nigeria Over Four Years
The World Bank said it will provide Nigeria with projects worth $8 billion targeting job creation, social services and governance as part of its new country partnership strategy with Africa’s largest economy.
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- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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