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Indian Philanthropy Forum 2013 Focuses on Adolescent Girls, USAID
The 4th annual Indian Philanthropy Forum by Dasra, as usual, brought together philanthropists and investors to discuss trending social issues in India today and brainstorm effective ways of engagement with the social and social enterprise sectors. This year a salient theme emerged through every session: the empowerment of adolescent girls.
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- Social Enterprise
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Trade-offs in FY14: A case for the Global Fund
Amid an increasingly complex fiscal environment in Washington (i.e. the newly-triggered sequester and the soon-to-expire FY13 continuing resolution), I can’t help but think about the tough trade-offs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must be considering as they finalize the 2014 budget request to Congress, expected to be released in mid-March.
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- Health Care
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Egypt: Empowering Women Challenges Poverty – CEO of Thomson Reuters Foundation
The Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Reuters Foundation, Monique Villa, said on Monday that helping women know and defend their rights tackles the very root of poverty.
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- Education
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- North Africa & Near East
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Growth and Poverty
The ten years of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gave the Philippines a much faster economic growth at around 4.8 percent annually. The only decade-long gross domestic product (GDP) growth higher than this was recorded in the 1950s.
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- Asia Pacific
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Africa: Closing the Gap – Meet Aims to End Extreme Poverty
When 17-year-old Sona Traore represented the Child Protection Network of Liberia at a civil society event organized in conjunction with a three-day United Nations meeting in this capital city earlier this month, she knew she was not speaking for Liberian children alone.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa: Global Fund News Flash – Issue 14
The Global Fund plans to launch its new funding model in the coming days.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Creating Employment Opportunities At the BoP: An Interview with Ajaya Mohapatra
A Q&A with Ajaya Mohapatra, Managing Director of Justrojgar India Private Limited – a for-profit venture bridging the demand-supply gap in informal sector jobs by sourcing, training and placing people living at the base of the pyramid.
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- Education
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Entrepreneurship: One Answer to Poverty
In his State of the Union address President Barack Obama placed a spotlight on global poverty and the 1.2 billion people on the planet who stay alive on around $1 per day.
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