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What Needs To Happen For Impact Investing To Be The World-Changing Force It Could Be
The idea of investing both for profit and social good has come a long way in the last few years, but the sector still has enormous potential to grow.
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The gamification of global health: could a game change your bad habits?
From the #StopEbola song to the Aids Fighter Pilot game in India, fun is proving to encourage healthier behaviours
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Vodacom “cautiously optimistic” that M-Pesa is better positioned to take off in South Africa
Mobile operator Vodacom is cautiously optimistic that itsMobile money offering, M-Pesa, is now better positioned to take off locally, after it failed to make much of an impression on the local market the first time around.
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Experts: Population to Grow from 7 to 11 Billion
Our planet is home to about seven billion people. Since the 1990s, population experts have predicted the number would grow to ninebillion before it begins to slow down and possibly decrease.
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Multinationals reaffirm commitment to BoP business with BCtA
Inclusive business has continued to flourish with the growth of new enterprises that serve the bottom of the pyramid
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Bill Clinton Rewards a Social Startup and Resolves a Minor Health Crisis in the Same Night
A team of students from the Indian School of Business left a Times Square Sheraton Tuesday night with $1 million to help them improve access to health care in low-income neighborhoods and with this year’s Hult Prize, which former U.S. President Bill Clinton awards annually to a team of student social entrepreneurs.
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Health insurers offer Nano price
With increased penetration of government health insurance schemes like RSBY ( Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana) coupled with private hospitals building capacity across the country, health insurers are also looking at smaller markets.
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PRESS RELEASE: British government and Unilever join forces to help world’s poor
Justine Greening has signed a joint letter of intent with Unilever CEO Paul Polman, committing to a new partnership.
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