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Microfinance Goes Mobile

Posted on August 3, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Microfinance
Cell phone banking revolutionizes financial services for the poor.
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Keywords: cell phones, Banking. Vodaphone, nokia, microfinance, microcredit

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Microfinance Misses its Mark

Posted on July 12, 2007
Previously filed under: Asia, Opinions and Editorials
According to Aneel Karnan of the University of Michigan Business School, Microcredit does not significantly alleviate poverty.
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Islamic Banking is a Rapidly Growing Industry - An Interview

Posted on June 26, 2007
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Culture and Society
Jawad I. Ali speaks to the Council on Foreign Relations about the growing global sharia finance industry.
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Keywords: Islam, banking, microfinance, microcredit, Sharia finance

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Kenya - Small Businesses Get Access to Banking at Last

Posted on June 25, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Microfinance
One bank has set out to change the way business is done in Kenya.
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Keywords: microfinance, microcredit, small business, banking

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Roots of Change

Posted on May 1, 2007
Previously filed under: Microfinance
A microfinance program in Tajikistan gives community members a promising start.
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Keywords: Mercy Corps, microfinance, Tajikistan, microcredit, microlending

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Small Loans Make a Big Difference

Posted on February 26, 2007
Countries: Afghanistan
Previously filed under: Asia, Microfinance
A Mercy Corps microfinance project in Afghanistan focuses on providing group lending to Afghani women to finance small-scale enterprises.
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Keywords: microfinance, microcredit, loans, group lending, entrepreneur

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Microcredit Wins The Nobel Peace Prize

Posted on November 9, 2006
Previously filed under: Asia, Microfinance
Microcredit is not a panacea to global poverty. It is one of many approaches and should not be relied upon as the only means to eradicate world poverty.
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Keywords: microcredit, trade, poverty, economy, Nobel Prize, Muhammad Yunus, peace

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Is Microfinance Too Rigid?

Posted on September 13, 2006
Previously filed under: Asia, Microfinance
Three practical ways in which to create flexible loan products
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Keywords: microfinance, microcredit, loans, banking, finance, money, development

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World Bank Releases Data on Access to Services for Poor

Posted on May 9, 2006
Topics: Microfinance, Economic Development
Previously filed under: Microfinance
The preliminary results of an ambitious data collection project are in, providing many valuable lessons learned to help improve access to financial services for poor people.
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Despite High Gas Prices, Europeans Find Driving a Hard Habit to Break

International Herald Tribune - Fri, 08/29/2008 - 14:23
That raises questions as to how effective high prices by themselves can be in achieving the ambitious targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions that European leaders have committed themselves to meeting.

Japan Unveils $16.5 Billion Economic Stimulus Plan

International Herald Tribune - Fri, 08/29/2008 - 14:23
The package will include income tax cuts, financial aid to businesses and discounts for expressway tolls, Kyodo News reported, citing lawmakers.

Israel-Palestine: Scheme to give Israelis "wet jobs" in construction in place of Palestinians

IRIN News - Fri, 08/29/2008 - 16:45
If the Israeli Ministry of Finance manages to push through some reforms as part of the proposed 2009 budget, there may soon be almost no Palestinian workers in Israel's construction sector.

Asia Seeks Its Own Trade Deals

Wall Street Journal - Thu, 08/28/2008 - 19:45
Southeast Asian nations reached free-trade agreements with India, Australia and New Zealand and aimed to seal an investment pact with China.

Malawi: Cheer and Concern Over Ban on Private Sale of Maize

IRIN News - Fri, 08/29/2008 - 01:44
Ordinary Malawians, cheered by the prospect of cheaper food, have welcomed government's ban on the private trading of maize, but food security experts and businesses have expressed concern.
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