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Insightful Reports

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Entrepreneurship key for furthering India’s economic resurgence

Turning back a few pages in history to about 300 years back, India accounted for a fourth of the world’s GDP. By 1947, colonisation and missing the industrial revolution bandwagon had shrunk its share to about 2%. Fast forward to the early 1990s, decades of closed economic policies had reduced […]

March 4, 2013

Rwanda: Carnegie Mellon University, Rwanda gets grant for telehealth in developing countries research

CMUR, or the Carnegie Mellon University, Rwanda has been the recipient of a grant that will let it advance its research on information and and communication technology for the developing world. This grant has been provided by Ricoh, a provider of digital office solutions. Read more here.

March 4, 2013

Emerging technology for eHealthcare

This post runs through the history of healthcare provision, through the medium of mobile phones and e-technologies. It outlines the progress that can be achieved in the e-healthcare sector and explores areas for evolution in the existing ones. Read more here.

March 4, 2013

mHealth: Emerging High-Impact Practices for Family Planning

This draft brief is a part of USAID’s High Impact Practices (HIPs) in Family Planning. It notes the driving forces behind the popularization of mHealth projects, including the mobile phone market penetration worldwide, the shortage of health workers, and technological improvements. Read the report here.

March 4, 2013

Visa targets developing world through plug-and-play mobile money services

Visa has lauched a new plug-and-play mobile money platform, meaning it will host and manage all aspects of mobile money programme, on behalf of the providers – banks and telcos in developing countries. Partners in India and Rwanda have already signed up for this services. Read more here.

March 4, 2013

Nepal: MNepal to start offering mobile money services

MNepal Private Limited has formally launched its mobile money services in the country. This will enable member banks and financial institutions to launch mobile based customised services and products. Read more here.

March 4, 2013

Sustainable Access to Energy & Water through M2M Connectivity

This report by GSMA Community Power from Mobile explores the uses of M2M (machine to machine) GSM connectivity to leverage easier access to energy and water in poor communities. Read more here, and read the report here.

March 4, 2013

UN wants access to water and sanitation on the new development agenda

The UN has called on the developmental world to prioritize post 2015-developmental goals bearing in mind that access to water and sanitation remain severe challenges, and some of the most needed developmental parameters. Read more here.

March 4, 2013

25 countries to take part in march for water in March 2013

As many as 25 countries, with a number of African countries included are participating in a UN organized event called Walk for Water, wherein people will be taking part in walks to increase awareness and response for the lack of access to clean drinking water in parts of the developing […]