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To the Best of Our Knowledge Future Perfect - Our MoneyIt's not hard to see why economics is called "the dismal science" – after we were blind-sided by the worst financial meltdown in decades. But economics does have its visionaries - like Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman ... and fellow Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who's started a new kind of bank ...
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Small Business Loans : Financial & Business Advice : ACCION USALENDING. SUPPORTING. INSPIRING. As a leader in U.S. microfinance, ACCION USA is committed to bringing affordable small business loans to microentrepreneurs. ACCION USA has provided over $117 million in over 18,500 microloans since inception in 1991, helping to grow small businesses and ...
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Grameen Foundation | Combining the power of microfinance and technology to defeat global poverty.With a footprint in 36 nations, Grameen Foundation is able to identify local needs and share best practices and lessons learned to enhance and expand local programs that move women from poverty to financial self-sufficiency. ...
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SeaMo: Connecting the Microfinance Community | Microfinance’s Circular Firing Squadby Ryan Calkins, Seattle Microfinance Much ado I, like many in the microfinance community, have been following the debate that David Roodman initiated on his Open Book blog with regard to Kiva’s transparency. It’s a worthwhile discussion, certainly, and one that has already prompted action from ...
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Philanthropy ActionNews & Commentary Archive A Mostly Comprehensive Guide to the Kiva and Donor Illusion Debate by Tim Ogden Updated November 10 The posts and comments have been flying fast and furious over the issue of Kiva specifically and the issues of transparency and donors demands for illusion. For ...
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Kiva vs. MicroPlace - What's the Difference? | Blog | NextBillion.net | Development through EnterpriseMicroPlace, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EBay, launched its new web site today with a flurry of press releases and coverage in both Reuters and BusinessWeek. From the press release: Through MicroPlace’s secure platform, everyday people can purchase investments – for as little as $100 – from ...
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Microfinance Gateway>Open Up Your Virtual WalletWith the media hype surrounding Kiva.org and the recent launch of eBay's MicroPlace, the phenomenon of online microlending has taken off, creating a brand new virtual class of retail investors and lenders for microfinance institutions (MFIs) - perhaps changing the face of microfinance capital. H...
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Kiva Is Not Quite What It Seems | David Roodman's Microfinance Open Book BlogExecutive Summary/Long Story Short Kiva is the path-breaking, fast-growing person-to-person microlending site. It works this way: Kiva posts pictures and stories of people needing loans. You give your money to Kiva. Kiva sends it to a microlender. The lender makes the loan to a person you ...
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Web Lender Offers Microloans To U.S. Startups : NPRWeb Lender Offers Microloans To U.S. Startups A A October 13, 2009 A Web site known for helping entrepreneurs in developing countries has turned its sights on the United States. Since 2005, Kiva.org has helped Internet users give microloans, or small loans of $25 or more, to business ...
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Institue for Liberty and DemocracyMission: To provide governments with the technical assistance -- and the local capacity -- to furnish citizens with the crucial legal tools to gain access to the market and thus pull themselves out of poverty: inclusive property systems to hold and leverage their assets, legal forms to organize ...
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