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Strengthening the Demand and Supply for Better Village Governance

IRRAD's project nomination on "Strengthening the Demand and Supply for Better Village Governance" has been shortlisted as top 100 innovations out of close to 1000 nominations for Rockefeller Foundation Next Century Innovators Awards 2013. Follow link http://centennial.rockefellerfoundation.org/innovators/profile/sustainable-solutions-for-improving-rural-governance to view the innovation and see how it is forging new pathways, changing the way services are delivered, and improving more...

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Arti Manchanda on May 17, 2013

Too complicated for the field? Measuring quality of care in humanitarian aid settings

Too complicated for the field? Measuring quality of care in humanitarian aid settings

globalhealthaction.net –

By Roland Kersten, Götz Bosse, Frank Dörner, Andrej Slavuckij, Gustavo Fernandez, Michael Marx While quality of care is a major concern in the western world, not many studies investigate this topic in lowincome countries. Even less is known about the quality of care in humanitarian aid settings, where additional challenges from natural or manmade disasters contribute to additional challenges. This study tried to address this gap by introducing a new approach to systematically measure quality more...

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Umeå Centre for... on May 17, 2013

Alleviating Poverty: Mobile Communications, Microfinance and Small Business Development Around the World

Alleviating Poverty: Mobile Communications, Microfinance and Small Business Development Around the World

brookings.edu –

The Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings releases this paper in conjunction with the May 16 forum at Brookings, “Mobile Technology’s Role in Combating Global Poverty and Enabling Entrepreneurship.” Both are part of the wider Mobile Economy Project which examines how the rapid expansion of mobile technology around the world is transforming economic opportunity for millions.

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John Daly on May 17, 2013

OECD China Home Page

OECD China Home Page

OECD Statistical Profile of China: More than 100 indicators covering a wide range of areas. Click on the red i beside each indicator to obtain the unit of measure, a definition of the indicator and a list of references. Economic Survey of China 2013: Despite a glum global economic context, China is set to continue to catch up fast, propelled by ongoing urbanisation. Environmental pressures are on the rise, however, and greening growth has become a top policy priority. Fostering greener and more...

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John Daly on May 17, 2013

How Papua New Guinea uses tax to fund development

How Papua New Guinea uses tax to fund development

guardian.co.uk –

The government of Papua New Guinea has ambitious plans to expand its tax base to fund development activities. Central to these plans is work being carried out by Adam Smith International for Papua New Guinea's Internal Revenue Commission to implement the Standard Integrated Government Tax Administration System (Sigtas), a system that enables governments to automate the administration of taxes and licences. Human capacity building is the first step to a successful implementation of the Sigtas more...

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Amanda Williams on May 17, 2013

Making African Voices Heard

If you rely on the Western-dominated global media for your picture of Africa, you will receive a very distorted view. We all have our own experiences of stereotypical images, sweeping generalisations and the “famine and war” agenda that characterise so much of the reporting of Africa to the world. However, the last decade has seen a revolution in the news media. Newspapers, TV networks and news agencies, once impregnable, now face competition from bloggers, SMS traffic, more...

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Grégory Vespasien on May 17, 2013

Innovation or Sustainability: the Choice for African Education

Four controversial experts will take part in "a bare-knuckle fight" about priorities for African education at this year's eLearning Africa Debate. Outspoken Scottish entrepreneur and blogger Donald Clark and Namibian teacher and eLearning expert Maggy Beukes-Amiss will square up to "mobile technology crusader" Adele Botha and Angelo Gitonga of the ICT for Education Unit of Kenya's Ministry for Education at the annual war of words. They'll be arguing about whether too much attention has been more...

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Grégory Vespasien on May 17, 2013

Planters Development Bank & SME solutions: an example of a successful SME client

Planters Development Bank & SME solutions: an example of a successful SME client

For this SME based in the Philippines - which received help from Planters Development Bank - the 3 following points are key to any SME success: •Financial support as the business expands •Products and services that are “friendly” especially for start-ups and innovative business ideas •Help SMEs in Risk Management, Corporate Governance and Regulatory Compliance This presentation was given during a conference jointly organized by The Arab Monetary Fund and IFC more...

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on May 16, 2013

Unlocking the SME Industry’s Powerful Potential by Saad N. Mouasher, Senior Deputy CEO at Jordan Ahli Bank

Jordan Ahli Bank has several non-financial services to offer its SME clients: SME academy, SME toolkit, SME portal, social outreach, digital SME magazine, business support service (accounting, RH, mobile and tablet banking, customer relationship management). This presentation was given during a conference jointly organized by The Arab Monetary Fund and IFC on “Building a High Performance Small Medium Enterprise Business in the Arab World” on 7-8 May 2013 in Dubai, UAE.

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on May 16, 2013

Planters Development Bank & SME Solutions by Steven A. Tambunting, Director

Plantersbank has 40 years of experience in development banking and marketing financial services to SMEs in the Philippines. We stayed competitive because of our ability to understand and be flexible to the SMEs needs. This meant that we had to offer, both informally and formally, advisory services that were both financial and non-financial. Moving forward, we have recognized that our maverick, entrepreneurial spirit has led us to have to innovate to stay competitive. We believe offering IT more...

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on May 16, 2013

Non-Financial Services to SMEs by Banks - International Finance Corporation

Non-Financial Services to SMEs by Banks - International Finance Corporation

This presentation defines what the non-financial services for SMEs are, explains what the bank are doing in this space and why they offer those services. This presentation was given during a conference jointly organized by The Arab Monetary Fund and IFC on “Building a High Performance Small Medium Enterprise Business in the Arab World” on 7-8 May 2013 in Dubai, UAE.

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on May 16, 2013

MSMEs: Bank opportunity to accelerate adoption of mobile financial services by Manaa Mobile

MSMEs: Bank opportunity to accelerate adoption of mobile financial services by Manaa Mobile

Maana Mobile is a mobile phone service that provides financial instruments appropriate for the unbanked population in South Africa using mobile phones. This mobile platform improves on everyday practices while building a track record that can lead to new trusted relationships and opportunities. It can be used by small businesses who give credit and offer lay byes to customers. This presentation was given during a conference jointly organized by The Arab Monetary Fund and IFC on “Building a more...

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on May 16, 2013

Kenya Commercial Bank and SME banking alternative channels, by Milkah Chebii from KCB

This presentation gives some details regarding KCB retail SME value proposition, the alternative channels available (such as Mobile banking, Agent Banking and Internet Banking) as well as the expected challenges and the risk and compliance management. This presentation was given during a conference jointly organized by The Arab Monetary Fund and IFC on “Building a High Performance Small Medium Enterprise Business in the Arab World” on 7-8 May 2013 in Dubai, UAE.

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on May 16, 2013

Biz2Credit, Helping small businesses grow

Biz2Credit is a cost effective online platform that provides the right kind and amount of credit but also some workflow tools and information in real-time. The online platform identifies five big touch points (books, productivity software, payroll system, payment platform, and marketing tool) and pulls out data from those. Biz2Credit is more than an online only platform; every SMEs owner is assigned a loan specialist that guides and helps him package his deal. This presentation was more...

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on May 16, 2013

UNICEF podcast: Amina Mohammed says gender equality and girls’ education critical in post-2015 goals

UNICEF podcast: Amina Mohammed says gender equality and girls’ education critical in post-2015 goals

educationandtransition.org –

Gender equality and education will be critical in planning the development agenda that succeeds the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning Amina Mohammed. With the international community assessing the gains made by the MDGs and forging a path for the future after the 2015 deadline, Ms. Mohammed has been appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to help create an inclusive and sustainable more...

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Taleen Vartan on May 16, 2013

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