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This twine is about microfinance, defined in Wikipedia as financial services that poor people desire and are willing to pay for.
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YouTube - Microsoft Live Labs PivotAt Microsoft Live Labs, we're all about experiments, and ...
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Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For The Climate Crisis.Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.115 or higher is required to watch video inline on this webpage, and JavaScript must be enabled. You can choose another option on the listen/watch page if you prefer. Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For ...
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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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Financial Services for the Poor - Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationFinancial Services for the Poor Fewer than 10 percent of the world's poor have access to safe, affordable financial services. We are working with a wide range of public ...
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3Kiva Is Not Quite What It Seems | David Roodman's Microfinance Open Book BlogIn Kantian ethics, an act is intrinsically good or bad in itself. Consequences or intended consequences cannot justify an intrinsically bad act. This seems a reasonable rule of ethics, one that makes a definitive statement. The question of whether Kiva's misrepresentation of its loan funding ...Geoffrey Ames added 13 days ago
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The Great American Bubble Machine : Rolling StoneBeing a sucker for conspiracy theories I found this quite good. Surprised me to find it under the Rolling Stone umbrella.Darcy Bross added 4 months ago
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51Change the World With One Click: Zemanta Adds Volunteer Opportunities to Blog Posts - ReadWriteWebNext to Kiva, a nice application of Web 2.0 / 3.0 technology applied to the world's "big problems"François Dongier added 7 months ago
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512008 CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest WinnersBeautiful photosFrançois Dongier added 7 months ago
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