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Survey: Majority of population exposed to unsafe drinking water
The majority of the population in Pakistan is exposed to the hazards of drinking unsafe and polluted water from both surface and ground water sources.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- South Asia
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- public health
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Empty accounts continue to plague India’s financial inclusion plan
More than half of a record 160 million accounts opened in India as part of a drive to offer banking to all are still empty, illustrating the massive task ahead for one of the government's most high-profile campaigns and the strain on banks.
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- South Asia
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Integrating poorest people within the value chain is a key to success: Global Development Network
Panelist and participants at the 16th Global Development Network annual conference discussed how businesses must be more inclusive in catering to more than 40 per cent population of the world that lives below $2 a day.
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- South Asia
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Social Enterprises Get US$112K Worth of Grants at DBS-NUS Event
DBS Foundation and NUS Enterprise have announced the winners of the 2015 DBS-NUS Social Venture Challenge Asia (SVC Asia), adding that they would receive grant monies totalling S$150,000 (US$112,000).
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- South Asia
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India Scraps Import Duties on AIDS Drugs to Battle Shortage
India has scrapped customs import duties for drugs and test kits used to treat AIDS in an effort to cut prices across the country, as it struggles to cope with an ongoing shortage in its national program to fight the disease.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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MSF urges India not to ‘cave to pressure’ on affordable drugs
Charity Medecins Sans Frontieres appealed to India on Thursday not to give in to pressure from Europe, the United States and Japan to make it easier for big firms to get patents in the country, potentially blocking the production of cheap generics.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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After five-year hiatus, mutual funds turn to investing in India’s microfinance companies
Mutual funds have started investing in debt issuances of microfinance companies after a five-year hiatus.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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- microfinance
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Logistic solutions provider MYPACCO partners with Alibaba.com
Mumbai-based logistic solutions provider MYPACCO today said it has partnered with Alibaba as part of its Trade Facilitation Center initiative, to offer comprehensive logistic solutions in the country.
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- South Asia
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