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Banishing poverty through banking
Access to financial services could pull millions of people out of poverty, so where does microfinance fit in?
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Visualizing Financial Inclusion (and Shaping It)
With the year 2020 as the target, the Center for Financial Inclusion, along with Citi and Visa, are building a campaign leading up to the Financial Inclusion 2020 conference, set for Oct. 28-30 in London. Although the conference itself is invitation-only given the limited capacity and massive interest, this is a big tent effort.
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Applications Open for Indian “Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2013”
The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, a Switzerland-based nonprofit, and the Jubilant Bhartia Foundation, an Indian nonprofit, have announced that they are now accepting applications for the 2013 Indian “Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award.”
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- South Asia
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Micro loans reverse poverty cycle
With an average loan of about $150, more than two million families in India, Indonesia, The Philippines, China and Ghana are leaving poverty behind thanks to Opportunity International Australia.
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Beyond Profit: A Talk With Muhammad Yunus
Today, in a ceremony at the United States Capitol, Congressional leaders will present the founder of the Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, with the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of his “efforts to combat global poverty.”
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- North Africa & Near East
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A Curious Landscape: Visualizing data on the India Map of Financial Inclusion
Which districts have the highest concentration of financial inclusion actors? How does the coverage of these services correlate with the basic demography and infrastructure across a given country? The MIX’s India Map of Financial Inclusion has answers, but also presents more questions for financial inclusion researchers and enterprises.
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- Education, Impact Assessment, Technology
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LAPO Boss: Microfinance Industry Needs Intellectual Leadership
LIFT Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) operated as a pro-poor non-government organisation (NGO) more than two decades before it was licensed a microfinance institution in 2010. The same year it was recognised by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as a micro lender, it paid out N21.9 billion loans.
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In Honor of International Women’s Day, We Celebrate Women as Leaders : The Citi Foundation and Women’s World Banking team up to expand the Women in Leadership Program
The Citi Foundation and Women’s World Banking have joined together to increase the number of women leaders trained through the Women in Leadership Program. This year, we will focus on 40 high-potential leaders in South Asia and the Middle East/North Africa.
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- Education
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