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April 30, 2012 - 2:01pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
The future of the Falkland Islands/Malvinas has been in the news again recently, with the 30th anniversary of the conflict between Britain and Argentina and the increasingly bold rhetoric of Argentinian politicians. The discussion is treated in the press as a diplomatic and political issue, but little has been written about it from a ...
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April 26, 2012 - 2:17pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
For far too long, dictators and warlords who have inflicted extensive atrocities on the African people have gone unpunished. This is true when one looks at the scale of crimes against humanity committed across the continent in the recent past in places such as Sudan, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and Sierra ...
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April 25, 2012 - 3:38pm
from Kiva.org
With the swift, savage cut of a knife, Yenku Sesay’s life was changed forever. On May 6, 1998 Yenku had the misfortune of being home when soldiers from the rebel army, Revolutionary United Front, invaded his village in northern Sierra Leone and cut off his hands as punishment for voting for the country’s ...
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April 23, 2012 - 12:36pm
from Microfinance Nigeria
Bukky Olajide, The Guardian
Dr. Abdullahi Shehu is a Nigerian and the Director-General of GIABA, French acronym for Intergovernmental Action Group Against Money Laundering and Terrorist Fnancing in West Africa. Shehu is a product of Ahmadu Bello University and the University of Abuja, where he obtained his B. Sc. and M. Sc. degrees in International Relations respectively. He got his PhD degree in Criminology at the University of Hong Kong, specialising on ...
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April 23, 2012 - 12:33pm
from Microfinance Africa
Bukky Olajide, The Guardian
Dr. Abdullahi Shehu is a Nigerian and the Director-General of GIABA, French acronym for Intergovernmental Action Group Against Money Laundering and Terrorist Fnancing in West Africa. Shehu is a product of Ahmadu Bello ...
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April 16, 2012 - 5:59am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Some call him the new Pelé, others the next Lionel Messi. One thing is certain: every football team could do with a player like Neymar in ...
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April 12, 2012 - 7:52pm
from Reserve Bank of India Notifications
RBI/2011-12/495
A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 106
April 12, 2012
To
All Category - I Authorised Dealer Banks
Madam / Sir,
Exim Bank's Line of Credit of USD 150 million
to the Ecowas Bank for Investment and Development (EBID)
Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has concluded an Agreement dated July 21, ...
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April 3, 2012 - 8:41pm
from BRAC Blog
By Rod Dubitsky, Board Member, BRAC USA
In this highly partisan political season, where economic calamity is deemed inevitable if the wrong party is elected, “The Coming Prosperity” is a refreshing new entrant on the bookshelf. It is a book at odds with political rhetoric, but squares nicely with emerging global trends. The argument, in a ...
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April 2, 2012 - 6:18pm
from BRAC Blog
The following is a post by Hilary Zetlen, who recently volunteered with BRAC Uganda's health program.
Somehow I managed to get from Rwanda to Zambia over the last week by a combination of boda, matatu, feet, bus, hitchhiking, and ferry, which is a subject for another entry - but now I finally have time to write a bit about ...
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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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March 28, 2012 - 3:01pm
from CGAP Microfinance Blog
A few weeks back Bill Maurer (of IMTFI) and I wrote a short piece for the PYMNTS.com website’s end of year round-up of issues in the payment space. In it we predicted domestic payments in Africa was a neglected topic, likely to come up more often in the future. As evidence, we cited new Gallup data that showed that a month before the survey over 124 ...
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March 19, 2012 - 12:00am
from Central Bank of Nigeria Feed
The West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) is an institution established by the Governments of the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Its aim is to facilitate the creation of the West African Central Bank (WACB) and the introduction of a common currency for the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ). In line with this mandate WAMI is looking to recruit an astute, dynamic and visionary individual to provide leadership and guidance for the West African Monetary Institute (WAMI).
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March 9, 2012 - 7:30pm
from Microfinance a Working Solution to Global Poverty
As we close out the week, I’m reflecting on some of the articles published in honor of yesterday’s International Women’s Day. Here are just a few of the provocative, interesting, inspiring and even maddening(!) ones I encourage you to read or re-read, in no particular order…
“What if Mark ...
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March 6, 2012 - 7:00am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Every minute of every day, one woman dies somewhere in the world due to preventable complications in pregnancy or childbirth. That's a total of 1,000 women dying each day, or 365,000 dead each year, from pregnancy-related causes. Despite research that shows an
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February 28, 2012 - 3:05pm
from Kiva.org
This is part of a larger series on Kiva's strategic initiatives and innovative loan products, which are designed to expand opportunities for more borrowers. Kiva has
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February 9, 2012 - 3:52am
from BRAC Blog
“This meeting is a great opportunity to see what’s really going on. In Sri Lanka, right now we only have microfinance. I had no idea what the health, education, and WASH [Water, sanitation, and hygiene] programs would be like. Reading on the website is nothing like coming here and really being able to see it.” Hollupathirage Sajini (BRAC)“We don’t have these ...
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January 19, 2012 - 12:46am
from Kiva.org
It’s a new year, which means it’s time to look back and reflect on all that we have been able to accomplish together in the year that’s passed. It has been an extremely busy year of learning and growth, a year of many exciting firsts, meaningful milestones and inspiring numbers! Here are just some of the great things that we hope everyone will remember, and celebrate, about 2011...Exciting Firsts...We introduced
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January 17, 2012 - 6:04pm
from Microfinance Focus
Microfinance Focus, January 17, 2012: Susan Davis is a thought leader in international development and civil society innovation. She is the founding President & CEO of BRAC USA, a grant making affiliate of BRAC, an international development organization started in Bangladesh in 1972 and now working in countries across Africa and Asia.
She is currently on the governing boards of BRAC and BRAC International and serves as chair for BRAC Sierra Leone and ...
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January 17, 2012 - 3:30pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
When Kartuma Katim went into labour she was referred to Bo district hospital, 35km away from Old Condor, the small village in the southern province of Sierra Leone where she lives. Alone and with no money for transport, the 15-year-old eventually gave birth in her own small hut with the help of ...
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January 4, 2012 - 1:59pm
from BRAC Blog
The following was originally posted by Tejal Desai, a Kiva Fellow working with BRAC in Sierra Leone, on the Kiva Stories from the Field blog.
Ow de body! Are Sierra Leone and Rwanda still danger zones? What challenges do Ugandans most commonly face? Kiva Fellows from KF16 bring you another unique perspective from ...
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