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August 30, 2010 -
NPR

Mobile banking in the developing world was an object of skepticism among financial insiders; the doubters have been proven wrong.

August 13, 2010 -
Hindustan Times

Petrol subsidies are the kind of issue where a public debate involving 'the man in the street' could have made a huge difference.

August 11, 2010 -
The Huffington Post

Girls are the center of the HIV epidemic. In many countries, they are hit hardest, yet our prevention strategies have rarely focused on them specifically.

August 10, 2010 -
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences

Great gains have been made in getting young children to enroll in primary school, but many still don’t attend regularly.

August 4, 2010 -
The Washington Post

Microfinance has proved to be an effective tool for getting capital to entrepreneurs in developing countries, but does it fundamentally improve living standards?

August 1, 2010 -
The Week

Recognising the serious impact of parasitic worms on childrens’ health all over the world, a global non-profit institution called Deworm the World has been created by the Young Global Leaders group of the World Economic Forum. This unique initiative has now come to India.

July 30, 2010 -
Marketplace, American Public Media

Economic growth is often coupled with an increase in pollution. But those two factors may not be mutually inclusive, at least not the way they once were.

July 29, 2010 -
MicroCapital.org

Evidence indicates that under half of eligible households participate in microfinance.

July 27, 2010 -
The Brookings Institution
In testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, Michael Greenstone discussed the need for expanded energy R&D investments to help combat our reliance on fossil fuels and promote our country’s future competitiveness in the global economy.
July 25, 2010 -
Business Standard

A study by Institute of Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai, points out that the unregistered chit fund industry in Delhi is 67 times larger than the registered industry. IFMR, along with professors at Indian Business School and MIT Sloan School of Management, US, recently conducted a research on chit funds in India in over five states — Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Delhi.