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Will Health Benefit From India’s New CSR Rules?: Impact of the new law, which kicks in April 1, still being debated
“Social business projects” are encouraged under India’s new corporate social responsibility laws, and that bodes well for social entrepreneurs and anyone wanting to innovate in trying to reach people at the Bottom of the Pyramid.
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The Next Era of Global Health? Follow the Money
As more and more money flows through the global health domain, and emerging economies and companies take a more influential role in it, new approaches are needed to help the agenda adapt. Creating a commission on the financial and commercial health environment, a funding mechanism for global public goods for health and a high-level independent panel on health impact would all help drive it forward.
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Indonesia’s Universal Healthcare — Will it Work?
The rollout of universal health coverage in Indonesia has been greeted with public enthusiasm, but health experts warn that inadequate funding could undermine the quality of care.
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- Health Care
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- governance, infrastructure
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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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Will taxes kill mobile money in Africa?
One sector continues to show growth in Africa and demonstrate the genuine potential the continent has to leapfrog global counterparts: mobile money services. However, recent media reports have highlighted one controversial aspect of the mobile money transfer market that continues to generate news headlines: taxation on mobile money services offered by network operators.
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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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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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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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- Education, Health Care
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