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World Bank commits over $1 billion to Bangladesh
The fund would benefit almost 36 million people by improving the quality of primary education, building coastal communities’ resilience to natural disaster, and increasing the nutrition and cognitive development of children.
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Myanmar anticipating a leap-frog in development through financial inclusion
An overview of the Financial Access Landscape and the usage of financial services by consumers in Myanmar.
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Is India approaching a perfect storm in digital financial services?
In the use of digital technologies, financial services in India lag behind other sectors. But a perfect storm may soon come and enable technology-led disruption at a far greater scale.
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State Bank of India to Provide Mobile Financial Services to Underserved
Amdocs, a provider of customer experience products, today announced the selection of its mobile financial services product in association with Triotech's product, which will enable State Bank of India to offer mobile financial services to India's unbanked and underbanked population, using the mobile network of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. The solution will be delivered under a five-year services contract, according to a press release.
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Khosla Labs & Unitus Seed Fund to Incubate and Back Up to Six Aadhaar-Based Startups
Bangalore-based startup incubator Khosla Labs has partnered with seed-stage impact investor Unitus Seed Fund to incubate and fund four-six startups working on the Unique Identification Authority of India (Aadhaar) project.
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Canadian Funding Supports Creation of Mobile Blood Lab in India
Grand Challenges Canada, which is funded by the federal government, is providing $1 million toward the development of a smartphone device that will test for diabetes and other conditions.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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OPINION: Building India’s growth by promoting MSMEs
The real drivers of employment and growth in India are not the exalted corporates, but MSMEs, its time to stop giving them a raw deal
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Baby’s Necklace Could End Up Being a Life Saver
It's traditional for newborns in northern India to wear a black thread necklace as a symbol of good health and good fortune, but Vikram's got a high-tech version. The round pendant on the string is a wearable device called Khushi Baby that carries his vaccination history inside a computerized chip about the size of a dime.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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