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A Deal with the Devil?: Should health care advocates partner with “Big Food”?
BoP countries are facing a growing epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, cancers and cardiovascular diseases. But though global health care organizations are responding, they can’t effectively tackle this epidemic without addressing the unhealthy foods and drinks that contribute to it. But what happens when the "Big Food" corporations whose products fuel the NCD epidemic also fund and advise the global health organizations that are fighting it?
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- Health Care
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Special Series (Part 2): BPO for the BoP – The need for (and promise of) Impact Sourcing
In part one of this series, we defined Impact Sourcing and some of the factors accelerating its growth. Now, let’s look a little deeper into the two key trends driving interest in the space and whether these can be married through Impact Sourcing in a manner that drives benefit for both the BPO industry, as well as poor and vulnerable communities in emerging economies.
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- Agriculture, Education, Impact Assessment, Technology
