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Equity Crowdfunding Rules in the U.S.: 15 Things Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know Now
Equity crowdfunding promises to open up a new financing source for thousands of capital starved businesses around the country. Many entrepreneurs are wondering what this means for them and don’t have time to digest the complex 585 page rule proposal.
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Public health leaders promote new framework for development
Countries should consider expanding investments through organizations that are already engaged in global dialogue and investment approaches.
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- Education, Health Care
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- governance
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Financial inclusion in India: The march of banks
People are yet to see a bank in their neighbourhood. But RBI is set to change all that.
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- South Asia
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Global health 2035: A world converging within a generation
Prompted by deepening concerns over poverty and global inequality, the U.N. General Assembly in 2000 adopted the Millennium Development Declaration, putting forward a series of goals which were meant to be achieved by 2015. Core issues included improving global health, including reducing child mortality, improving maternal health and combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases.
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The Indian government launched a comprehensive programme to improve the health of adolescents
Adolescents comprise over 21 percent of the over 121 core population, in the country with a focus on community-based interventions.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Central Bank of Nigeria moves to enhance financial services to Nigerians
Nigeria felt that it is lagging behind some of its peer countries in Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Reserve Bank of India panel suggests new set of banks for financial inclusion
RBI panel headed by Nachiket Mor also seeks universal electronic bank account for all adult Indian citizens by January 2016.
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Zimbabwe imposes mobile money tax
Zimbabwe has started levying a tax on mobile money transactions after intense lobbying from the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ) for the Zimbabwean central bank to regulate mobile money services “to create a level playing field” in the financial services sector.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- governance, mobile finance