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Partnership lends cash to minority businesses
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | about 2 hours ago
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The National Urban League is teaming with a small-business financial specialist to offer loans to companies unable to get approved by banks. On Deck Capital will provide loans through Urban League local affiliates, starting in Philadelphia and Los Angeles...
Tags: minority businesses, National Urban League, Mitch Jacobs, Philadelphia, Microfinance, United Nations Secretariat, Finance, Small Business Administration, Subprime lending, Credit, Development, Microcredit, Business Finance
Global remittance flows likely to slip 6.1% as labour migration slows
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Worldwide remittance flow to decline 6% to $317 billion in 2009 Dubai Global remittance flows could decline by 6.1 per cent this year to $317 billion from last year's record flow of $338 billion, said a top World Bank remittance expert. "The year 2008...
Tags: Dilip Ratha, remittances flows, South Asian, South Asia Remittance, oil price, higher oil, Latin America, global remittances, Bangladesh, Dhāka, Development, International economics, Human migration, Remittances, Business Finance
Economy out of critical phase: SBP governor Habib Asghar
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Salim Raza has claimed that the country's economy has come out of the critical phase, showing positive trends and the inflation ratio had been decreased to 8.87 per cent in October. He was talking to media men after...
Tags: SBP, State Bank of Pakistan, microfinance institution, sbp governor, Salim Raza, critical phase, Pakistan, Karāchi, Microfinance, Credit, Microfinance in Tanzania, Development, Poverty, Business Finance
One killed, four injured in fire on rail track slum in city
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | about 2 hours ago
Credibility At least 800 dwellings were gutted early on Sunday in a fire at a slum near Maghbazaar wireless gate, killing one woman and injuring four people. The woman was killed and the people were injured when they were knocked down by a train during the blaze...
Tags: Bangladesh, Dhāka, Urban decay, Development, Poverty, Slum, Disaster Accident, Law Crime
Anti-poverty group Christian Aid to axe up to 90 jobs as cash donations fall
London :: United Kingdom | about 9 hours ago
Credibility The bulk of the cuts will be in Britain, but there are fears some of its projects in sub-Saharan Africa could be downsized, even though it is prioritising its overseas projects. Christian Aid's core funding – from donations and corporate sponsorship,...
Tags: Christian Aid, United Kingdom, London, Development, International relations, CAFOD, Oxfam, Stop climate chaos, Development charities, Aid, Social Issues, Religion Belief
Regulations for microfinance emphasised
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 14 hours ago
Credibility Khushhali Bank President Ghalib Nishtar has said good governance, high performance measures, capacity building and institutional sustainability are all pre-requisites for prudential microfinance regulations. He was speaking at the 3rd International Microfinance...
Tags: Syed Salim Raza, State Bank, Pakistan Microfinance Network, Pakistan, Karāchi, Credit, Microcredit, United Nations Secretariat, State Bank of Pakistan, Association for Social Advancement, Microfinance, Development, Non-governmental organizations, Business Finance, Social economy, Access to finance, Microfinance in Tanzania, Pro Mujer, Poverty
Jan.-Oct. inbound investment down sharply from last year
Shanghai :: China | about 21 hours ago
Credibility However, it would still not be enough to pull Taiwan's FDI out of a slump for the second consecutive year. In 2008, the total inward FDI of 2008 was US$8.24 billion, down 46.4 percent from 2007. Following the deregulation of the market on June 30 to allow...
Tags: MOEA, FDI, investment projects, oct period, China, Shanghai, Macroeconomics, Ministry of Economic Affairs, International economics, Development, Foreign direct investment, Business Finance
Out of the slum and into joblessness
Cairo :: Egypt | 1 day ago
Credibility When government workmen came in a truck to take Ahmad Mohammad’s furniture to his new home just outside Cairo, the 32-year-old fisherman was overjoyed: His dream of quitting the slum where he had lived for years seemed to be coming true. However, when...
Tags: Cairo, Ahmad Mohammad, Egypt, Slums, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, Raouf, Development, Poverty, Urban decay
Canada announces funding to help children in developing countries
Toronto :: Canada | 1 day ago
Credibility International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda has announced funding for three projects to help children in developing countries...The agency will contribute up to $2.4 million to a three-year program with Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children to help train...
Tags: developing countries, help children, announced funding, Canada, Toronto, Canadian International Development Agency, Development, International nongovernmental organizations, Social Issues, Health Medical Pharma
Tory Burch Helps American Women Start And Develop Their Businesses
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility While it was interesting to hear about the clothes and accessories from the woman who designed them (and pick out a pair of glasses to take home), we were most excited to learn that part of the reason Tory wanted to start a company was so that she could...
Tags: Tory Burch Foundation, Tory’s, microfinance loans, Los Angeles, Microfinance, Tory Burch, Accion USA, Tory, Business Finance, Development, Credit, Social economy, Politics
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