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01.12.2012
|Drinking water: a millennium goal that has been reached!
Good news at the end of 2011: according to a UNICEF and WHO study published on 20 December 2011, the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for access to safe drinking water (MDG 7.C) is likely to be ...
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01.10.2012
|Grameen Jameel celebrates its 1,500,000th customer
In Arab countries, the Grameen Bank – “the bank for the poor” – has teamed up with the Saudi firm Abdul Lateef Jameel. Through its local partners it recently passed the 1.5 million customer mark ...
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01.10.2012
|The UN votes to create the International Day of the Girl Child
Starting from 2012, the 11th October has been designated as the International Day of the Girl Child. The decision taken on 19 December 2011 by the United Nations General Assembly has been welcomed ...
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12.19.2011
|Germany using microinsurance to protect the Caribbean
When a cyclone strikes rural areas in a tropical country, harvests and production tools are at best damaged, at worst completely destroyed. However, unlike their European equivalents, small ...
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12.19.2011
|France offers Vietnam a million euros for microfinance development
The Agence Française du Développement (AFD – French financial development institution under the authority of the French State) and the Banque d’Etat du Vietnam (BEV – Vietnam State Bank) have just ...
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12.19.2011
|Microcredit customers on Christmas markets in France
As the main French microcredit institution, every year Adie takes part in Christmas markets. During this year’s festive season, Adie’s partner businesses have organised these markets themselves ...
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12.07.2011
|Microcredit faced with rural exodus in Ethiopia
Her name is Aselefech Desalegn and she’s in the headlines of Africa Renewal, a UN publication that deals with development in Africa. After leaving her parents’ village fifteen years ago, this ...
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12.07.2011
|Solar-powered lamps to fight energy exclusion
While the United Nations Climate Change Convention opened in Durban, several companies took advantage of the occasion to announce initiatives in favour of the most disadvantaged.
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12.07.2011
|Loan sharks return to India
Loan sharks, money lenders who demand exorbitant interest rates, are thriving in Andhra Pradesh, points out the Microsave advisory firm, which has just carried out a detailed report on ...
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11.30.2011
|Lille World Forum – PPP versus AAA
When you feel like a glass of milk, do you buy a cow? The question, asked during a Lille World Forum workshop, illustrates the topic chosen for the 5th edition of the “Forum des entreprises ...
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