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03.14.2012
|Mobile banking : increasing competition in Africa
On the African continent, with the growth in banking services on mobile phones (mobile banking), more and more telephones are acting as bank accounts for all those who don’t have access to banks. ...
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03.14.2012
|The Crédit municipal gives away its debts
It was a really splendid operation for The
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03.14.2012
|Silicon Valley reinvents philanthropy
While the Internet revolution has brought its share of success stories and new usages, it has also changed the world of philanthropy, according to a detailed survey by The Chronicle of ...
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03.14.2012
|Oxfam takes part in microfinance fund
Sixty years after its creation in Oxford in 1942 during the Battle of Britain, Oxfam GB is innovating in the world of microfinance. The NGO has just announced a partnership with the Swiss company ...
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01.24.2012
|Microfinance ratings: the Rating Initiative redefines its goals
Credit-rating agencies specialising in microfinance are less well known than Standard & Poor’s and “classical” credit-rating agencies, yet they play a vital role. Avoiding any form of speculation, ...
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01.24.2012
|Peruvian microfinance comes to Brazil
Brazil is going through an economic boom and can count on an influx of workers from neighbouring countries including Peru and Bolivia. Many Peruvian immigrants work in sweat-shops under precarious ...
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01.24.2012
|A microcredit fund for “young” 45-year olds
Up to what age do we stay young? In Europe, according to the European Commission’s latest euro-survey, the end of youth starts at 37 for the Swedes and the Maltese but begins at 50 for Greeks and ...
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01.24.2012
|Switzerland represents a quarter of the world’s private microfinance
27% -- that’s the share of private global microfinance funds that Swiss companies manage or are consultants for. According to a recent study jointly authored by
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01.24.2012
|The UN calls on “energy plus”
While a report entitled “Towards an ‘Energy Plus’ Approach for the Poor”.
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01.12.2012
|Songhaï Centre: agricultural training for African micro-entrepreneurs
In Benin, the
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