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Survey: Big financial inclusion gains in Zambia
According to the FinScope 2015, the proportion of Zambian adults accessing financial services has increased to 59.3 percent in 2015 from 37.3 percent in 2009.
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- Education
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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U.S. States Want to Do Good: Here’s How Wall St. Is Helping
Goldman Sachs could be coming to a pre-K program near you. Or, at least, that may be the case in Pennsylvania.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Guess Which Country Has The Biggest Increase In Soda Drinking
The Big Soda companies are spending money to develop new markets in low- and middle-income countries. In some of these places, people are earning a bit more than a few years before, so they have more money for soda.
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- Education, Health Care
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PRESS RELEASE: Innovation for Poverty Action’s New $7.4 million Grant Will Support Research for Financial Inclusion
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) announced today a new $7.4 million grant to support research on product design innovations that enable the poor to access, use, and benefit from financial services.
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- Education
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Report: Nine global drivers of mobile money, as consumers embrace e-commerce and mobile banking
New report, based on a study of 15,000 mobile media users across 15 countries, shows that mobile banking continues to engage consumers – especially in mobile first markets.
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- Education
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- mobile finance, research
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Nine mobile money trends: Consumers embrace ecommerce and banking via mobile
A new report reveals nine significant mobile money trends and explores how they are stimulating growth across the expanded mobile ecosystem.
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- Education
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- mobile finance, research
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We Won’t Meet Health-Related SDGs If We Don’t Invest in Innovation
The sustainable development goals won’t be finalized until September, but people are already debating whether we can reach them. At least for the proposed health targets one thing is clear, they won’t be achieved without innovations that make better health care more affordable, accessible and effective. #GlobalGoalsWork, but only if we have the tools we need to reach them.
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- Education, Health Care
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- research
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PRESS RELEASE: FINCA Releases Case Study Outlining Ways to Drive Financial Inclusion Through Mobile Technology
FINCA’s experience in Tanzania offers lessons learned for development practitioners
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- Education
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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