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Microfinance in Cusco, Peru :: The Aynikuy Program 2009
Of the 300,000 people in Peru, 37.7% live on less than US$1 per day. The typical salary in Peru is about $150 per month. Families cannot live on so little income, so many families have started very small... Charitable Gifts Increase Despite Credit Crisis
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Schwab Charitable, one of the country’s largest and fastest growing national donor-advised funds with 12,000 donors and nearly $2 billion in assets, announced today that...Crowd-Powered Music Gets Microfinanced
New business models for the music industry seem to springing up all over. Here's the latest: Calabash is banking on their ability to crowdsource the financing of world music artists. Could this work for other...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Developing Tech for Developing Biz in Developing Nations
Kiva isn't really a new company (they started in 2005), but their success is noteworthy. Using a peer-to-peer networking model, microlenders can get in touch with those starting small business, and work out small...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Indian technology firm wins the first Stockholm Challenge - GKP Awards 2007
Indian firm based at New Delhi; Ekgaon technologies project “Enabling financial inclusion and increasing efficiency of Self Help Groups Microcredit Federations” has won the first...Kiva.org: give to charity and it may cost you nothing!
http://www.kiva.org/ FINALLY A GREAT IDEA AND SOMETHING POSITIVE TO CELBRATE! Maybe you guys have heard of this website? On KQED Forum and PBS Frontline they are raving about Kiva.org, a new web-based lending service that combines Nobel-winning microfinance principles...Kenya: New Rules Could Harm Microfinance
I'm a big proponent of the microfinance movement. However, when commercial lenders start tampering with the framework I think it's bad news for the poorest of the poor.Disclaimer: I'm not a macroeconomics major. However, when commercial banks begin restricting microlenders, I...Mobile Phone Banking - Changing the way the Poor Bank
This video highlights the successful efforts of using cell phones to provide banking services to poor and low income households. This effort has been led by the Rural Bankers Association of the...ACCION International gives micro-loans and business training to poor to start...
Most of the world's three billion poor people cannot find work. Where they live, few jobs are available and those that are often don't pay a living wage.To survive, they must create their own jobs by starting tiny businesses or "microenterprises." They make and sell...Rideau Hall Blog
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