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The IFC has agreed to guarantee loans for the microfinance organization SEWA, an organisation of poor, self-employed women workers, to purchase clean...

In an interview with the Economic Times of India, Lars H Thunell, Executive Vice President & CEO of the IFC, the private...

David Calhoun, CEO of information and measurement company, Nielsen Holdings discusses how international clients can “learn from the innovations of Indian marketers...

The Caterpillar Foundation – the philanthropic arm of manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, Caterpillar Inc. – has partnered with Water.org –...

NPR profiles Healthpoint Services, an Indian company seeking to provide adequate and quality drinking water and healthcare services to rural populations globally....

Indian telecommunications company Vodafone and HDFC Bank are planning to launch a mobile banking service in 2012 called ‘m-Paisa’, which would offer...

A useful technology may be able to help rural health workers in India with more efficiently recording health data. A digital pen...

The second of a two-part series by Next Billion on the Aravind Eye Care System discusses how the organization’s culture of service...

In the first of a two-part blog on the growth of the Aravind Eye Care System, NextBillion discusses how the eye-care clinic...