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Is Sustainable Local Development A Persuasive Alternative to Microfinance?
Milford Bateman has made a cogent case for community-based financial institutions that prioritise sustainable local solutions
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The Argidius Foundation and ANDE Announce Finance Challenge to Stimulate Small Businesses in Emerging Markets
Competition aimed at providing entrepreneurial finance will award up to two million euros
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Investing in Agriculture Most Effective Way to Eradicate Poverty in Africa – UN
With the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) just three years away, a senior United Nations official today emphasized that spending on agriculture is the most effective type of investment for halting poverty in Africa.
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- Agriculture
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Microcredit Is Expanding to New Products for the Poor
We spoke to Ghiyath Nakshbendi about changes in the world of microfinance. He is an expert in international business and teaches microfinance as a business model at the Kogod School of Business at American University.
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How the Developing World is Using Cellphone Technology to Change Lives
In Nigeria, a young girl can ask questions about sex discretely through SMS and get accurate information.After the earthquake in Haiti, survivors in remote towns could receive money for food straight to their cellphone.In Senegal, election monitors sent updates on polling stations through their mobile phones, revising an online map in real time with details about late openings or worse.Projects like Learning about Living in Nigeria, MercyCorps in Haiti and Senevote2012 in Senegal are just a few examples of how the rapid spread of mobile technology has changed life in the global south.
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World Bank Chief in India, Focus on Poverty Alleviation
World Bank Group President Robert B Zoellick begins an official visit to India tomorrow, to see what more it can do to support government efforts to overcome poverty, as India embarks on its 12th five-year Plan and global recovery remains fragile.
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Microfinance Experience in PHL Shows the Poor Can Be Insured
The Philippine success in extending microfinance credit to the poor shows that this sector at and below the poverty threshold could also become worthy of insurance coverage, the Insurance Commission here said.
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How Jim Yong Kim Could Change the World Bank
Jim Yong Kim, President Obama’ssurprise pick to lead the World Bank, will become the first physician, the first Asian-American and the first person who has devoted his career to helping the poor to lead the more than 60-year-old organization.
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