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In Peru, progress against TB
A branch of Partners In Health has helped reduce deaths through careful protocols.
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- Health Care
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- Latin America
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Seven Emerging FinTech Players In Top Latin American Markets
Only about half of all adults in Latin America and the Caribbean had a bank account, and only 14% had formal savings - and a host of companies recognize the opportunity.
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- Latin America
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Vaccine Reminder Company Tested in Developing World
A Cornellian’s nonprofit that helps parents in developing countries remember their children’s vaccination dates with bracelets has completed an initial study in Peru and Ecuador and is moving into trials and evaluations in three countries on three continents.
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- Health Care
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- Latin America
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Ecuador’s New Virtual Currency Is a Source of Pride, Worry
Jaime Rojas keeps his antiquated cellphone on the dashboard of his taxi. He can’t use it to play games or check Facebook, but his “dumb phone” has recently become a powerful tool: He can use it to buy gas, receive fares and send money to family.
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- Latin America
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Why Microfinance Loans Have Such High Rates
In recent years, microfinance—distributing small loans to the poor -- has been at the center of an intense debate about the ethics of charging low-income customers high interest rates and then making a profit from them.
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- Latin America
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- lending, microfinance
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Ecuador Is the World’s First Country With a Public Digital Cash System
The runaway success of mobile money products like M-Pesa, which first took off in Kenya, has inspired dozens of copycats around the world. Many countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America now have services allowing people to store and transfer money using their cellphones. But there's something different about Ecuador's new Sistema de Dinero Electrónico. It's being operated not by a private phone carrier or financial company, but Ecuador's left-leaning government.
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- Latin America
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- digital payments
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Mexico Bans Giveaways of Baby Formula at Hospitals
The Mexican government has banned free baby formula at hospitals in an effort to encourage breastfeeding.
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- Health Care
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- Latin America
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- nutrition
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Mexico’s Anti-Poverty Programmes Are Losing the Battle
While most of Latin America has been reducing poverty, Mexico is moving in the other direction: new official figures reflect an increase in the number of poor in the last two years, despite the billions of dollars channeled into a broad range of programmes aimed at combating the problem.
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- Latin America
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