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For Indian tech startups, Obamacare mean big bucks as 45 mn Americans pick health covers
A number of young Indian companies that make specialised software and analytics for global healthcare providers are recording a sharp upswing in business as millions of uninsured Americans enrol in a new healthcare system.
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- South Asia
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- governance
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Swati Piramal: How to Make India a World Leader in Low-Cost Health Care
Bad regulations and price control are stifling pharma, but innovation in health care is blossoming with government support
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- South Asia
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Taking the long view on Big Pharma in China
Big pharma’s Chinese dreams are bruised, but not broken.
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- Asia Pacific
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Can collaboration resuscitate global health funding?
As support for global health projects declines, governments, NGOs and the private sector will have to be creative and commit to collaboration
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- Health Care
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- governance, lending
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New legislation to regulate micro finance companies
Legislation to regulate and supervise microfinance institutions, including finance companies and banks accepting deposits from the public, will be introduced in Parliament.
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- Uncategorized
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- governance, microfinance
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African Governments Still Underfunding Health
Twelve years after African governments pledged in the Abuja Declaration to allocate at least 15 percent of their annual budgets to healthcare by 2015, just six countries have met this goal.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Is there a role for foreign development assistance in middle income Asia?
Across Asia countries are rapidly transitioning from low to middle income status. This transition is enormously positive, pulling millions of Asians out of poverty, massively increasing levels of education, and creating new opportunities for employment and wealth accumulation. But the ‘miracle’ of Asian growth is deeply unequal, with many in middle-income Asia continuing to experience extreme poverty, and exclusion from the benefits of the thriving regional economy.
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China believes in UNIDO, why don’t the rest of us?
The election of China's Li Yong to UNIDO's top slot reveals the country's growing commitment to development.
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- Education
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- Asia Pacific
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- governance
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