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Weekly Roundup – 8/2/14: The NextBillion Case Writing Competition is returning for 2015
We’re thrilled to announce the return of the NextBillion Case Writing Competition, sponsored by the Citi Foundation and managed by GlobaLens. The 2015 contest will represent the fifth edition of the competition, which has attracted hundreds of entries from professors and students from dozens of countries around the world.
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- Education
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- research
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U.S. under pressure to give potentially life-saving medication the green light as experts warn of global pandemic
Health campaigners are today calling for U.S. authorities to speed up their approval of a new drug hoped to be the first cure for the deadly Ebola virus.
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- Education, Health Care
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WHO: Ebola Spread Outpaces Control Effort
The head of the World Health Organization has told the presidents of West African nations stricken by Ebola that the outbreak is moving faster than efforts to control it.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How 500 Startups-backed SocialCops gets to the bottom of the pyramid with big data
India, like most developing countries, struggles to bridge the gulf between authorities and the common man. Even the best of intentions come to naught when the benefits of welfare schemes don’t reach the people who need them the most — and those in high places can’t seem to figure out why.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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Crowdnetic and UC Berkeley to partner on Crowdfunding Research
Over a year ago, Crowdnetic and UC Berkeley began collaborating on the launch of UC Berkeley’s Program for Innovation in Entrepreneurial and Social Finance, headed by Dr. Richard Swart, who serves as its Director of Research at the Coleman Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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Two Sides of the Same Coin: How India’s microfinance and health sectors can collaborate for greater impact
In countries like India, microfinance can be a valuable tool for providing the financing that the poor need to maintain their health. And for microfinance to achieve its goal of providing financial security to the poor, it has to address health security. Sabina Rogers of the Microcredit Summit Campaign describes how the two sectors could collaborate to expand health care access to hundreds of millions.
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- Education, Health Care
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Finding A Responsible Way Forward For Digital Finance: A CGAP global survey looks to shape the roadmap
Between 2011 and 2013, registered mobile money users almost tripled, growing to more than 200 million globally. But growing opportunities in the sector bring new risks for consumers, and new challenges for providers and regulators. That’s why CGAP has launched a global survey to help shed light on the state of practice, and drive discussion around responsible digital finance.
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- Education
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- digital payments, research
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Failure to Launch: Why Mobile Money Hasn’t Taken off in Nigeria – And How the Sector Can Turn Things Around
In contrast to other African countries, Nigeria’s digital finance sector has yet to take off, with one survey finding that just 0.01 percent of Nigerians have a mobile money account. Critics suggest the lack of progress is due to banks rather than telecoms leading the charge. But research from the Helix Institute of Digital Finance suggests that other factors may be responsible - and points toward some solutions.
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- Education, Finance, Technology