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AGFUND?s support for...
Amman :: Jordan | 4 days ago
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MSC's conference in Manila, Philippines in October, under the title "International Coalition Against Poverty."...Executive Director Nasser Bakr Al-Kahtani and discussed a new partnership framework between the two organizations so as to enhance
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Good assets to lend are becoming fewer
Mumbai :: India | 6 months ago
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Too many lenders are following them L&T Finance Limited is a well known name among non-banking finance companies and offers various financial products and services for trade, industry and agriculture. A subsidiary of L&T Finance Holdings, its focus
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Online selling with a social mission
Sydney :: Australia | 10 months ago
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The inspiration for Rupal Ismin's new website came from her Indian grandfather, who despite being so poor he couldn't afford shoes, donated 10 per cent of everything he earned to charity. Andable, launched last week, is a website with a social
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Micro finance institutions: RBI concerned on monitoring deficiences
Casablanca :: Morocco | 11 months ago
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Speaking at a function organised by Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) here Wednesday RBI Governor D.Subbarao said: "The central government is bringing out a law to govern the MFI and has proposed RBI as the regulator. The concern is whether we have the set
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Russians jump on micro finance bandwagon
Moscow :: Russia | 1 year ago
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Russia's biggest credit reference agency is planning to bring its services to the country's burgeoning micro finance industry. A bill on micro-lending organisations is to pass the State Duma this week. It is expected to make loans more accessible for
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Use technology to solve socio-economic problems, says Muhammed Yunus
Kollam :: India | over 1 year ago
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January 3, 2012 Noted Bengladeshi economist, founder of the Grameen Bank programme, and Nobel laureate Muhammed Yunus has said that technology should be used for solving socio-economic problems rather than for commercial exploitation. He was
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Sudan: 'We Want Micro Finance Assistance'
Umm Durmān :: Sudan | over 1 year ago
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We Want Micro Finance Assistance' 5 October 2011 Khartoum Displaced Darfuri women living in refugee camps demanded on Wednesday for solar-powered stoves, among other financial assistance, to safeguard them from the constant threat of rape. An
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Philippines: News from USAID & MABS for Visayas & Mindanao #Katipunan
As I reported about a year ago via this report titled Tremendous Growth News for the Philippines: Global Ranking #2<
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FCOSS raises profile
Suva :: Fiji Islands | almost 2 years ago
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Suva Flea Market on Saturday by the Fiji Council of Social Services...We want to reach out to the underserved individuals and spread the message on the benefits of micro finance to them," she said. Our project has helped out shoeshine boys with loans
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RBI mulls different MFI loan limits
Mumbai :: India | 2 years ago
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An announcement to this effect is expected to be made by the central bank in its annual credit policy for 2011-12 on Tuesday, sources said. In January this year, a Reserve Bank Committee, headed by Y H Malegam, had suggested a cap on the interest
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