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Child & Youth (Micro)Finance
The Child and Youth Finance global movement was launched in 2012 as a way to empower, include and educate children and youth all over the world.
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First Microfinance Institutions in Latin America Certified for Strong Client Protection Practices
The Smart Campaign, a global initiative to incorporate strong client protection practices across the microfinance industry, announced the first three microfinance institutions in Latin America to become Client Protection Certified.
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Small loans, big smiles in Mexico’s Oaxaca
A microfinance nonprofit offers tours to meet Mexican women in their small businesses — and your tour dollars go to new loans.
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Microfinance key to achieve MDGs–Nobel awardee
JUST like microcredit, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, said on Friday the banking system needs to be redesigned so it can provide everybody access to financial services.
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Microfinance in the Crosshairs: Will Kyrgyzstan’s usury bill backfire?
Microfinance has become a subject of controversy, as predatory lenders and unfair interest rates have tarnished its image and led to government interventions. But in Kyrgyzstan, a country with little financial regulation and no sovereign credit rating, increasing regulations may soon have negative consequences for the very clients they’re intended to protect.
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Policy interventions go wrong
It is a classic case of a government policy going horribly wrong. It was intended to protect consumers' right, but it ended up hurting them the most. When the Andhra Pradesh government sought to restrict microfinance institutions' (MFI) activities in December 2010, it was with good intentions.
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Habitat for Humanity launches housing micro-credit in Costa Rica
Poor would-be homeowners will have the chance to remodel or build their own homes in a housing market that skews toward the rich.
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Microfinance in Africa: The importance of women
MicroLoan Foundation has been making small loans, accompanied by business training, for more than ten years now - and they have only ever targeted these services to women. Mike Warmington, the organization’s Head of Operations, explains why and how they’re focusing on women in their efforts to reduce poverty at the BoP.
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