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Weekly Roundup – 5/3/14: An Arab Spring for global health?
Amartya Sen once said that famines don’t occur in democracies. His statement still largely holds true. Unfortunately, democracy is under siege in many parts of the world.
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- Education, Health Care, Impact Assessment, Technology
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Reserve Bank of India May Allow MFIs to Function as Business Correspondents of Banks
However, the move has faced serious opposition from various departments in the central bank.
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- South Asia
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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
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- 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
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- South Asia
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