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Recent Developments, <br /> Key Innovations, and <br /> Insightful Reports

Recent Developments,
Key Innovations, and
Insightful Reports

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Brazil: How legalizing of slums has helped Brazil, and what more must be done

Legalizing of Brazil’s favelas has led it down the path of sustainable growth. However, according to a new study by IDB (Inter-American Development Bank), Cities Alliance, the Ministry of Cities, and the Caixa Econômica Federal (CEF), the technical capabilities of Brazilian government administrations must be matched to make changes of […]

September 15, 2012

How land value can bring viability to BoP housing

BoP (Bottom of the Pyramid) housing has suffered low growth in terms of quality output globally because of lack of process innovation. Now, a new concept of and value capture is being hailed by development analysts as the way to fill this gap. Read more here.

September 15, 2012

Slum Upgrading – Lessons learned from Brazil

This study by the IDB (Inter-American Development Bank), Cities Alliance, the Ministry of Cities, and the Caixa Econômica Federal (CEF) seeks to draw attention to the critical aspects of design that must be focussed on if similar projects are to be targeted in the future. Read the report here.

September 15, 2012

This is what internet helps achieve a man in Africa

While the internet gets more crammed with ‘half-baked’ political debates and suchlike, there are also people who use the internet as a tool for the way out of poverty – without help from any aid or development organizations. Read about the farmer in Africa who increased his income while curing […]

September 15, 2012

Etisalat Group to help with pan-Africa mHealth initiative

Etisalat Group will be helping with the pan-African mHealth initiative, a programme being supported by a consortium of global mobile operators. Read more here and here.

September 15, 2012

Cisco India leverages ICT to reduce healthcare costs in rural India

Cisco India is a firm believer in the use of technology in the lowering of quality healthcare costs for the rural poor, while also giving them access to services which otherwise wouldn’t be available to them. Read about Cisco India’s rural healthcare efforts here.

September 15, 2012

Mobile health around the world: the best mHealth initiatives for Africa

This is the second part of a post that compiles a list of social enterprises active in the health sector, leveraging ICT as an effective tool for the underserved, especially in Africa. Read more here.

September 15, 2012

mHealth reduces maternal mortality in Rwanda

In Rwanda, maternal mortality rates have tumbled over a short period of time because of RapidSMS, a text based service which was first piloted as a UNICEF programme. RapidSMS would help women with delivery, care of children within the first year and more through a network of local healthworkers. Read […]

September 15, 2012

India: RBI puts riders on cash-out facility by mobile operators

The central bank of India, the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) is now ready to allow cash-out facility by mobile network operators given that they act as banking correspondents, which would essentially act as the bank’s agents providing services to people in the unbanked areas. Read more here.