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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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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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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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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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