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In Kenya, Using Tech To Put An ‘Invisible’ Slum On The Map
If you were to do a search for the Nairobi city slum of Mathare on Google Maps, you'd find little more than gray spaces between unmarked roads.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tractors for Hire: Developing a new business in post-conflict Northern Uganda
In northern Uganda, 20 years of violent conflict forced hundreds of thousands of farmers to wait in aid camps, leaving the land fallow and an agriculturally-based economy destroyed. Now, with the closure of the camps and a growing peace, farmers are building back and reinvesting in the land. But a lack of tractors could keep the region hungry.
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- Agriculture
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Beyond the Clinic: A holistic approach to creating community health in Ecuador
Most health care systems are structured to treat illness. APROFE, an Ecuadorian non-profit, focuses on preventing it by creating thriving communities. Its outreach programs include everything from health education and preventive care to entrepreneurial development, aiming to make communities – and the people in them – healthy, happy and prosperous.
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- Education, Health Care
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Environment, education and health need urgent progress, says MDG report
Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia lag behind rest of world, with targets on child and maternal deaths, and sanitation significantly off-target
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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No Fortune at the BoP?: Economist Paul Clyde on the challenges of health care delivery in emerging markets – Part 2
Paul Clyde is an itinerant economic adviser and a faculty member at the University of Michigan. He has advised or run over 40 projects in 10 emerging markets, helping develop financially sustainable health care delivery models. In part 2 of this Q&A, he discusses the primary challenges BoP countries face in health care delivery, and how their health systems’ evolution could reshape their economies.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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Literacy, Not Income, Key To Improving Public Health In India
New research suggests public health in developing countries may be better improved by reducing illiteracy rather than raising average income.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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Q&A: Impact Assessment Key in Rural Development Projects
Marianela Jarroud interviews Eduardo Ramírez, Latin American Centre for Rural Development researcher
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- Impact Assessment
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A social media platform for the rural masses
Mobile Vaani is an interactive voice response system that enables people to share and create content
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia