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Cash Transfer Programs Succeed for Zambia’s Poor, Offer Lessons for Battling African Poverty, AIR Finds

African nations increasingly embrace cash transfers to combat the continent’s cycle of poverty 8/6/2016/American Institutes for Research United States of America, June 8, 2016/ — Programs designed to alleviate hunger and increase food supply through cash transfers to some of Zambia’s poorest families achieved those goals and more, final evaluations […]

Deutsche Börse Adapts Rules For MDAX, SDAX And TecDAX Indices

June 8, 2016/Exchange Intelligence Culled—–Proshare Deutsche Börse is changing the rules for the composition of the MDAX, SDAX and TecDAX indices. As of September 2016, the process for selecting companies in the indices will be purely quantitative as well as completely automated, and aligned with the existing DAX index rules. […]

Partnership on Illicit Finance Launch Event

27/5/2016/AfDB Members of the Partnership on Illicit Finance (PIF) met alongside the African Development Bank at the Bank’s Annual Meetings in Lusaka, Zambia, to publish national action plans to combat illicit finance, review member countries’ priorities for addressing illicit finance stemming from corruption and other criminal activities, and share experiences […]