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The Future of Microfinance and the World Bank's Role

Posted on February 27, 2007

Previously filed under: Interviews

The director of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor discusses what is and isn't needed to help the poor.

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Keywords: World Bank, microfinance, eradicating poverty, Elizabeth Littlefield, CGAP

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A Second Look at Microfinance

Posted on February 27, 2007

Topics: Economic Development, Microfinance
Countries: Guatemala, Uganda
Previously filed under: South America, Microfinance

A study by the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity questions the effectiveness of microcredit in the developing world.

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Keywords: development, Muhammad Yunus, microfinance

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Fair Trade and Chocolate in Ghana

Posted on February 27, 2007

Countries: Ghana
Previously filed under: Africa, Agriculture

The Day Chocolate Company, a part of the fair-trade practicing Divine Chocolate Company, hopes to expand in the United States.

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Keywords: globalization, fair trade, Cocoa farmers, Africa

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Rebuilding Pakistan, One Year Post-Quake

Posted on February 27, 2007

Previously filed under: Asia, Interviews

Mercy Corps program officer John Stephens shares his experiences.

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Keywords: earthquake, Pakistan, Mercy Corps, rebuild, disaster, natural disaster, projects

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For consumers who want to “wire” money to some far corner of the world, not much has changed since the days of the Old West. If you try to send a small amount of money from America to the Philippines, say, or Mexico, you will probably have to queue at a neighbourhood money-transfer agent and pay a fee that could easily reach 10% of the value of the remittance.

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Breeding Wheat To Grow Where Other Plants Can’t

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We need to nearly double the amount of food we grow by mid-century if 9 billion people are going to have enough to eat. Yet most of the world’s prime farmland is already planted. The rest of the available land tends to lie under forests, or suffer from problems that keep it fallow. But feeding the world will mean redefining what is "arable" land.