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Microfinance in Central African Republic:

April 18, 2013 - 1:00pm from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
It's time to confront our continent's least endearing trait: conflict. This recurring phenomenon is perpetuating poverty and preventing the fulfilment of Africa's potential as a whole. In recent months, relapses into conflict in the Central African Republic, Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have ...
August 31, 2012 - 7:34pm from Reserve Bank of India Notifications
RBI//2012-13/187 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 23 August 31, 2012 To All Category - I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, Exim Bank's Line of Credit of USD 39.69 million to the Government of the Central African Republic Export-Import Bank ...
August 31, 2012 - 12:00am from Reserve Bank of India Notifications
Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has concluded an ...
July 4, 2012 - 2:00pm from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
The inability of the UN agencies and relief groups to respond to emergencies such as those in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel is well documented, but little seems to change.A principal reason for inertia is the
May 28, 2012 - 2:58pm from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
This Wednesday former Liberian president Charles Taylor will be sentenced in The Hague by the special court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) for his part in Sierra Leone's bloody conflict. Chances are, even if judges impose a sentence much less than the prosecution's fanciful request for 80 years imprisonment, Taylor could soon
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
May 17, 2011 - 3:51pm from MIX Recent Features
Le rapport Afrique subsaharienne 2010 Benchmarking et Analyse du secteur de la ...
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 ...
May 5, 2011 - 6:54pm from MIX Recent Features
The Sub-Saharan Africa Microfinance Analysis and Benchmarking Report 2010 ...