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In order to meet its goal to use 100% organic cotton by 2025, global Luxury group Kering recognized that full awareness of...

An article on the state of unorganized agriculture in India makes a case for building out a more robust food retail supply...

The World Bank has approved $13.7 billion to 40 Indian projects over four years. The financial resources will help develop projects across...

The World Bank is directing close to $8 million towards a watershed development project in Uttarakhand. The project, which started in 2004,...

A recent Fast Company article discusses the millions of India’s microentrepreneurs and consumers who are able to distribute and access products and...

GE Healthcare’s research and development division in India recently designed and launched the MACi, a light-weight, battery-backed electrocardiogram (ECG) machine that will...

SKS Microfinance, India’s first microfinance institution to go public has recently lowered its interest rates from 26.69% to 24.55%. The reduction comes...

According to a 2002 census, over 55 million rural familiies in India are below the poverty line. The Census identifies Bihar, Uttar...

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently announced a national government initiative to make India slum-free. The Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) scheme seeks...

A Business Today article discusses how the growth of Vikram Akula’s SKS microfinance institution, its pursuit of commercial funding, and its initial...

The North Indian state of Himachal Pradesh recently entered into a carbon credits agreement with the World Bank, in which the Bank...

In 2000, NGO Gramalaya launched a sanitation and health education campaign in slums in Trichy, a South Indian city. The initiative led...

Many of India’s microfinance institutions are facing financial challenges in on-lending to their clients following the Andhra Pradesh Government crack-down on microfinance...

The Business Standard recently interviewed Hindustan Unilever’s Managing Director, Nitin Paranjpe, about some of the company’s strategies for growth. Paranjpe discusses HUL’s...

Multiple examples of social enterprise and “BOP” opportunities from India are presented in the recent J.P. Morgan publication on Impact Investments as...

A study completed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Centre for Development Finance at the Institute for Financial Management and...

A recent New York Time article highlights the work of Indian energy start-up, Husk Power Systems, which is working to bring light...

As India's working population reaches 55% of the country's total population over the next 10 years and poor or low-income Indians graduate...

Tamil Nadu based Madura Micro Finance Ltd. is set to provide microbusiness education to women and help with market linkages. The MFI...

Market-oriented development is necessary if developing countries are to revolutionize their agricultural and food sectors. William Dar, Director General of the International...

U.S. based D.light Design, an energy solutions company that distributes lighting products in developing countries, has recently appointed Board Chairman Donn Tice...

The Reserve Bank of India and industry leaders within India are continuing to look at ways to increase financial inclusion. Though most...

Indian Housing Financing Corporation (DHFL) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have recently launched Aadhar Housing Finance (P) Ltd. to expand into...

FINISH, a program developed by an Indian-Dutch consortium of banks, insurance companies, and NGOs, has launched a contest for innovative sanitation systems...

The New York Times has recently re-emphasized India’s enormous waste problem in another article on the condition of Indian scavengers or ragpickers...

In its efforts to move along to through the economic development cycle, the Government of India is investing $1 trillion over 5...