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MasterCard to Collaborate With the Alliance for Financial Inclusion
Today, MasterCard and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) signed a strategic partnership agreement that will enable a close collaboration within AFI’s Public-Private Dialogue Platform (PPD).
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Strengthening Markets for Reproductive Health: PATH says partnerships show there’s room for the private sector
Amie Batson, PATH’s chief strategy officer, says her organization’s public-private partnerships demonstrate that there is room for the private sector to participate in developing and sustaining a viable market for reproductive health commodities, bringing a high return at low cost.
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Social Impact Bonds for Factories in Bangladesh
2013 Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, where nearly 1,200 garment workers lost their lives from a factory collapse, are wrestling with a critical question: Who should pay for the work needed to ensure basic factory safety standards in Bangladesh?
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Korean Social Enterprises Go Global
Social enterprises — businesses that prioritize human and environmental benefits equally to profits — are effective vehicles to achieve development goals as their market-based approaches bring sustainability and scalability that are essential to create long-term impact.
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- Environment
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- Asia Pacific
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Silent Killer Gaining Momentum in Africa: Partnership designed to address hypertension, cardiovascular disease head-on
Healthy Heart Africa, a public-private partnership launched by AstraZeneca in 2014, is working to tackle hypertension and the burden of cardiovascular disease, which is now the second leading overall cause of death in Africa after infectious diseases.
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Women: The Unbanked “CFOs”
There are 2.5 billion in the world without a bank account. That number is familiar and been reported widely. What’s lesser known is that a majority of those 2.5 billion unbanked people are women.
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India Introduces Its Own $1 Rotavirus Vaccine
On March, 9, India introduced its first ever indigenously produced vaccine for the Rotavirus.
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Getting a New Contraception Option to Market: How Public-Private Partnerships Drive Innovation
The modern Senegalese woman has it together. From raising children to owning a small business, ambition and poise are valued by Senegalese women, according to market research conducted by PSI and its partners before the launch of a new contraceptive option called Sayana Press.
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