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...Harvard-based organization seeking to develop ways to screen loan applicants in developing nations received a grant from the philanthropic arm of the search engine giant Google on Thursday...
...grant was made to Professor Asim ljaz Khwaja of the Kennedy School of Government, and Bailey Klinger, a fellow at the School’s Center for International Development. The two created the EFL in 2007 and have since directed its research...
...determined whether the loan screening technology has “sufficient predictive power,” Klinger wrote in an e-mail. The recent grant will enable the development and implementation of the EFL’s technology in lending environments in Africa and India as researchers attempt to vet the program...
Google has also supported the course’s experimentation with virtual machines on Amazon’s servers through a $25,000 grant awarded earlier in the year, according to Malan...
...Currently in the U.K., families of deceased welfare recipients receive a government grant to help cover the cost of cremation or burial. The process of securing such aid usually takes two weeks, although it can last up to two months if there are problems with the application. The country's undertakers have in the past been willing to proceed with burials and cremations on the assumption that they will be paid later - receiving up to $1,200 for funerals that usually cost around $1,700. But according to the NAFD, a convergence of financial pressures has forced a growing number...