Topic: Microcredit
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After Kony 2012: Three ways NGOs can work with Africans as equals
As in the Kony 2012 campaign, humanitarianism in Africa gets oversimplified in myriad ways, in the process making Africans themselves one-dimensional and raising up the white Westerner as savior. Here are three ways nongovernmental organizations can work with African citizens as equals.
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Bestselling books the week of 10/28/10, according to IndieBound*
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Bestselling books the week of 10/21/10, according to IndieBound*
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Change Agent
Five microcredit programs innovate to break the cycle of poverty
Microcredit programs in developing countries now include other features such as connections to markets and savings accounts, as well as business development, health, and education services.
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Change Agent
World Bank unit, MasterCard Foundation boost small loans in Africa
They'll spend $37.4 million over five years to provide microfinancing, which helps people lift themselves out of poverty by starting or expanding small businesses, sending children to school, or improving farms.
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After Kony 2012: Three ways NGOs can work with Africans as equals
As in the Kony 2012 campaign, humanitarianism in Africa gets oversimplified in myriad ways, in the process making Africans themselves one-dimensional and raising up the white Westerner as savior. Here are three ways nongovernmental organizations can work with African citizens as equals.
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Change Agent
One Acre Fund helps Africa's small farmers keep in their fields
The One Acre Fund provides access to microloans, training, insurance, and other hard-to-get help that boosts farmers' incomes and curbs flight from farms into cities.
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Change Agent
International Women’s Day: Innovations lifting women out of poverty
International Women's Day (March 8) celebrates women's achievements. Innovative ideas and programs, such as the 12 below, are helping women better care for themselves and their families.
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Selling organs to pay off debt: Microfinance needs reforms
Governments and microfinance institutions must continue taking steps to reform the industry and provide the impoverished with a variety of financial services, including savings options and grants, which better meet their needs.
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Change Agent
Women entrepreneurs in Ghana help ignite an economy boom
Ghana has invested in literacy and microfinance programs for women, and it's paying off in business development and growth.
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Post oil: Microloans and cooking oil green-up 'jeepneys'
An engineer says microloans and cooking oil can make over a fleet of old jeepney buses, and a city in the Philippines is ready to jump on board.
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Change Agent
Matt Damon shows how celebrity charity work should be done
Innovative Water.org is the result of patient homework and uncovering what really works.
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Change Agent
Opportunity Fund helps opportunity knock for low-income borrowers
Micro-lending to the poor in the US is quietly growing. But the Opportunity Fund finds that helping people learn how to save is important too.
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Change Agent
The bad – and good – news on microcredit
Making tiny loans to the poor may not create successful new businesses as often as once hoped. But it provides an unexpected benefit by supplying cash for other crucial needs such as schooling, health care – even food.
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The New Economy
Microfinance works, even without a Hollywood ending
Contrary to the hype, microfinance doesn't help everyone – and microfinance loans sometimes go for personal needs, not a business. But that's OK.
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Micro-lending genius Yunus: Why he was done wrong
The Bangladeshi government's treatment of Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who has lifted millions out of poverty with his micro-lending program, is shameful. And it does nothing to help the poor.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 04/05
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 03/08
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India's $5 billion microfinance industry faces backlash over profits
The role of profit-driven companies in India's microfinance industry is raising concerns about its social mission.
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Bestselling books the week of 10/28/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 10/21/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Africa Monitor
Can microfinance programs heal rape victims in Congo?
Microfinance programs geared toward African women can actually help heal victims of rape the same way that psychological counseling does – by restoring self-respect.
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Bestselling books the week of Oct. 14, 2010, according to IndieBound*
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Who were the previous 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners?
Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Friday for his long and nonviolent struggle for human rights in his country. Here is a list of the past 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners and why the committee chose them.
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In India, warnings of a microfinance bubble
Lending to the poor has proved so profitable in India that microfinance institutions saw their loan portfolio jump from $252 million to $2.5 billion in two years, raising fears of a subprime-like microfinance bubble.
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Global News Blog
India, China lead in lifting people out of urban slums, UN says
A UN-Habitat report on the state of the world's cities found that 227 million people have moved out of urban slum conditions over the past decade. Half the world's population now lives in cities.
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Financial products that aid the poor and beat the market
Investors find a more profitable place to stash cash than banks. Bonus: It's also socially responsible.
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Albania's electoral shortcomings could delay EU bid
The Balkan nation's vote Sunday struggled to meet international standards – potentially embarrassing the US, which backed Albania's successful bid for NATO membership.
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