When Nargiza Kataev and Shelli-Mann Steinberg set out to start their own business, they encountered many obstacles to finding a loan to support their dream. But, with the help of microfinance lender ACCION New York, the two women are now enjoying the independence, steady income, and empowerment that comes with business ownership. Learn [...]
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Overview of Microfinance in Pakistan by Nadeem Hussain on CNBC
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Alex Counts, President of the Grameen Foundation talks to iinnovate about the challenges to microfinance: when and under what circumstances does it work and when does it break down. For more, see www.iinnovatecast.com
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This summer, 6 UPenn students will travel to Bali, Indonesia to work in conjunction with the School for Life and the Wahana Kria Putri Foundation. While there, the team will help the School build out its microfinance program and serve as business consultants to WKP, a local grassroots organization.
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Microfinance borrower from Kyrgyzstan
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Grameen America, a sister organization to the Grameen Bank which won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Professor Muhammad Yunus, brought the Grameen brand of microfinance to New York City in January 2008. Since then, Grameen America has lent out over $1.2 million in income generating loans to 500 poor families in Queens, [...]
Kyrgyzstan microfinance borrower on MicroPlace
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- To date, 17 million Africans have died of AIDS. How can anyone even comprehend a number like this?
- 25 million Africans (many of whom are children) are infected with the HIV virus. More than the Holocaust and the tsunamis.
- Every 30 seconds a child in Africa dies of malaria - that’s 3000 children EVERY [...]
The United Nations Capital Development Fund is supporting the UN Development Programme in its efforts to improve the provision of financial services to small-scale entrepreneurs in the Philippines. Watch the ten-minute video. Interviews with the head of the United Nations in the Philippines, the directors of three microfinance institutions, and numerous clients from three different [...]
