Health
mHealth: Not a Standalone Solution
Part of a special series on scaling mobile health initiatives.
Tag: India
Measuring Social Impact
How to Ask the Right Questions
Who is the target population for a microcredit intervention? Your answer will depend largely on where you sit: Academics and microfinance institutions will be interested in different groups of people.
Nonprofit Management
Skills-Based Volunteering: The New Executive Training Ground
Young people are gaining cultural skills and insight through volunteering that will influence their decisions for decades to come.
Economic Development
Imagine Trying to Get a Loan Without a Financial Identity
InVenture enables people in India and Kenya to send their financial data via SMS and get a simple financial overview of their monetary lives.
Environment
Sustainable Development in India
The restoration of the Bangalore Lakes can catalyze an overall sustainable transformation of the various districts of Bangalore—as well as reclaim an important historical connection for the city.
Energy
Where are the Rio+20 Billions for Distributed Solar?
India and Africa are ideal markets for distributed solar—will some of the $513 billion in commitments made at Riio+20 get deployed there?
Podcast
Global Issues
Health Innovation Challenges in India and Africa: Panel Discussion
Michele Barry, Director of Global Health Programs in Medicine at Stanford leads a distinguished group of global health professionals who have created innovative programs to benefit their respective countries’ health services.
Economic Development
Unequal Market Access
Markets can promote economic development, as long as they are inclusive.
Health
HMO for the Poor
Naya Jeevan aims to bring catastrophic health coverage to millions of low-skilled workers in India and Pakistan.
Education
India Needs More Teachers, Better Teachers
If teachers aren’t focused on guiding students to learn and gain knowledge, the fight against educational inequity won’t progress.