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08.09.2011
Microfinance for democracy in the Middle East
Although China has embraced capitalism without giving up the single-party system, the idea persists, especially within the American government, that the market economy and doing business can help ...
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08.09.2011
100,000 microloans in the Ivory Coast to reunite the country
Two months after Alassane Ouattara’s effectively took office at the head of the country, the Ivory Coast is emerging from the crisis – “back in business” as the British magazine, the Ecomist, ...
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08.09.2011
Microfinance in Mexico nearing a crisis?
Alex Silva, president of the Canadian foundation Calmeadows, had an interesting interview on the specialist website Microfinance Focus. Silva has been involved in microfinance for the past twenty ...
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08.09.2011
Micofinance booming in the Philippines
Microfinance is in good health in the Philippines, with a 21% growth in loans in March 2011 compared with the previous year, based on the Central Bank’s official figures. This rapid development is ...
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08.09.2011
Solar panels to get American microcredit moving
One Block Off the Grid (1BOG), works on the same basis as the better-known Groupon project – group purchase, for solar panels. This San Francisco-based company groups together buyers wanting to ...
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08.09.2011
Mexico, interest rate record holder
On average, interest rates of microfinance are of 74.2%, which makes Mexico the country with the highest rates in Latin America, according to the study “Microfinance in Latin America and the ...
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08.09.2011
Indian microfinance decides on new regulations
On Wednesday, 6th July, the Indian federal government published a draft bill aimed at regulating the microfinance sector nationally. The bill strengthens the Indian Central Bank’s role, which will ...
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08.09.2011
Kiva City: American microcredit goes into top gear
US unemployment figures went up again in May, increasing fears of a jobless recovery. In this delicate social context, former president Bill Clinton, now a patron of good causes, announced the ...
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08.09.2011
Microcredit for building your house?
Should microloans be granted for personal use? In South America the IDB regional bank, roughly the equivalent of the World Bank for countries south of the USA, believes so. It has released 10 ...
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08.09.2011
Microfinance is still too weak faced with climatic change
Cape Town, Climate Investment Funds 2011 Partnership Forum, 24th and 25th June: a director of the African Development Bank (ADB) claimed that to help the poorest people fight against the impact of ...
"The microfinance revolution is now"
Jacques Attali, President of PlaNet Finance
Jacques Attali, President of PlaNet Finance
