Countries & RegionsMicrofinance in Central African Republic:
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April 2, 2012 - 4:45pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
It's a truism in rich countries that money doesn't buy happiness - but many people still look for it in stores. And there is an assumption that happiness ...
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January 24, 2012 - 9:27am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
"How can you say 'This mango is ripe' when the other side is raw? The government is deceiving the world about the real situation here; people are still trapped in the camps," says Milton Obote.Obote, 49, and his wife, Mary, both have disabilities. They are among 300 people living in Holy Rosary, a settlement in Gulu, northern ...
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December 5, 2011 - 3:48pm
from BRAC Blog
The following blog post was originally written by Tejal Desai, a Kiva Fellow finishing her fellowship with BRAC in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Beautiful Freetown sunset
As my Kiva fellowship winds down, I reflect on the memorable ...
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September 8, 2011 - 3:00pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Kenya has become the latest African country to ban female genital mutilation, with the passing of a law making it illegal to practice or procure it or take somebody abroad for cutting. The law even prohibits derogatory remarks about women who have not undergone FGM. Offenders may be jailed or fined or ...
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July 8, 2011 - 4:34pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
When the European governments sliced up Africa at the end of the 1800s, the vast, arid zone of the Sahara and the Sahel was intended to be French. But a plan by France to build a huge dam for irrigation on the Nile, which would have diverted the water, alarmed the British.The British panicked that any diversion ...
MIX Recent Features
May 17, 2011 - 3:51pm
from MIX Recent Features
Le rapport Afrique subsaharienne 2010 Benchmarking et Analyse du secteur de la ...
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May 10, 2011 - 3:38am
from Kiva.org
This month, the Kiva Passport series will focus on South Sudan. South Sudan is a newly forming, beautiful country in Africa. Follow is this month while we learn about the country's intensive history, their growing microfinance sector, and dive into how microfinance has played a role in in the post-conflict aftermath in Sudan.Sudan has a population of 45, 047, 502 people with a growth rate of 2.5% each year, and is the largest country in Africa. The entire country of Sudan ...
MIX Recent Features
May 5, 2011 - 6:54pm
from MIX Recent Features
The Sub-Saharan Africa Microfinance Analysis and Benchmarking Report 2010 ...
