Countries & RegionsMicrofinance in Yemen:
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May 25, 2012 - 8:30am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
If there is one constant in a crisis-strewn world, it is that the humanitarian situation in Yemen just gets worse. This time last year, Yemen's dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh was beating a long rearguard retreat against his eventual ouster. ...
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May 16, 2012 - 10:00am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Years after debt campaigners succeeded in persuading the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and G8 to abolish debts worth billions of dollars owed by developing countries, figures show total external debts are once again on the increase.Data in the World Bank's
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May 12, 2012 - 12:50am
from Mundo Microfinanzas
(Mundo Microfinanzas) La Organización Mundial del Comercio Justo (WFTO) celebra este sábado 12 de mayo el Día Internacional del Comercio Justo, a través de cientos de eventos en más de 70 países de África, Asia, Europa, América Latina, Norteamérica y el Pacífico.La jornada busca promover esta actividad como una ...
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May 10, 2012 - 7:49am
from Google news - microfinance
Microfinance: media negligence and social ignoranceThe Yemen TimesBenificiaries of microfinance are still low in relation to poverty levels in Yemen. (Yt photo by Ali Saeed) Alima Abdul Jalil, a woman living in Sana'a, first learned ...
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May 9, 2012 - 3:11pm
from MicroCapital
UK-based financial services company HSBC (formerly known as the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation), Dubai-based microfinance investor Grameen-Jameel and Bankers without Borders (BwB), a program of the US-based Grameen Foundation, are partnering to provide financial and technical expertise to microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the Middle East and North Africa. Starting in 2012, HSBC staff based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be deployed to provide technical assistance to ...
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May 3, 2012 - 12:30pm
from Microfinance Nigeria
By Amira Nasser, Yemen Times
Abdullah Mohammed Salem, 55, a watch repairman, tells a story of the fierce battle he has waged against the tough economic conditions he has suffered as a Yemeni citizen in Aden governorate.
Salem, who is married with three daughters and one son, has been ...
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May 3, 2012 - 12:26pm
from Microfinance Africa
By Amira Nasser, Yemen Times
Abdullah ...
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May 3, 2012 - 8:09am
from Google news - microfinance
Successful microfinance stories: Watch repairman struggles to save his ...The Yemen TimesSalem decided to take out a loan from the Aden Microfinance Foundation (AMF) to rejuvenate his work ...
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April 26, 2012 - 12:10pm
from Microfinance Africa
By Amal Al-Yarisi, Yemen Times
Fatima Hassan, a maker of ...
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April 26, 2012 - 7:01am
from Google news - microfinance
Successful microfinance stories: Handicrafts change Fatima's life for the betterThe Yemen TimesMicro credit from Micro Finance Foundation in Aden enabled Fatima to have her own shops to practise ...
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April 25, 2012 - 1:42pm
from MicroCapital
Grameen-Jameel Microfinance Limited, a joint venture of the US-based Grameen Foundation and the UK-based Abdul Latif Jameel Foundation, reportedly has provided a loan of USD 1.5 million to the Jordan Micro Credit Company (Tamweelcom), a Jordan-based microfinance institution (MFI). The investment is expected to fund loans to approximately 4,000 micro-entrepreneurs inJordanover an unspecified timeframe. Grameen-Jameel made its first loan to Tamweelcom in 2008 in the amount of USD ...
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April 19, 2012 - 3:45pm
from GiveWell Blog
Since GiveWell recommended the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) in November 2011, SCI has received about $1.4 million in unrestricted funds ($500,000 of which we directly attribute to GiveWell’s recommendation), of which $1.1 million remains to be spent. We have spoken with and met with SCI to discuss its plans for using these funds.
Funds spent to date
SCI has made grants of $100,000 and $80,000 to Yemen and Senegal respectively for deworming ...
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April 14, 2012 - 9:26am
from Microfinance Nigeria
From Zawya
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in collaboration with USAID and CGAP jointly organized “Iraq Microfinance Policy Forum” on April 10 & 11, 2012 in Erbil-Iraq, for setting up Policy Goals for Microfinance in Iraq, which was participated by high Government functionaries from Iraq Government, ...
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April 14, 2012 - 9:22am
from Microfinance Africa
From Zawya
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in collaboration with USAID and CGAP jointly ...
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March 28, 2012 - 8:21pm
from Microfinance Africa
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March 24, 2012 - 10:56am
from Microfinance Nigeria
From MidEastPost.com
The Arab world today is home to millions of young people with hopes, plans and the desire to work. With more than 100 million young people between 15 and 29, representing 30 per cent of the total population, the region is facing an unprecedented “youth bulge”.
This reality has led to many challenges when it comes to youth ...
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March 24, 2012 - 10:54am
from Microfinance Africa
From MidEastPost.com
The Arab world today is home to millions of young people with hopes, plans and the desire to work. With more than 100 million young people between 15 and 29, ...
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March 23, 2012 - 7:09pm
from Kiva.org
What does empowerment look like? It could be the iconic women in the 60s burning their bras or it could be as subtle as a whisper. Empowerment is subjective, it’s personal, and it often looks different or even unrecognizable.As you browse through the borrower profiles on Kiva have you ever noticed a blurred photo or a loan for a ...
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February 13, 2012 - 10:54am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Even a cursory conversation with Maleka Begum, a 30-year-old Bangladeshi woman, quickly reveals that extreme poverty is as much about a lack of confidence as a lack of money. As she talks about her life, Maleka, a mother of three who looks much older than her age, barely makes eye contact and speaks ...
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February 9, 2012 - 7:22pm
from MicroCapital
By the Economist Intelligence Unit, funded by The Multilateral Investment Fund, Corporación Andina de Fomento and the International Finance Corporation, October 2011, 72 pages, available at: http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=36453519.
This paper examines the microfinance business environments in 55 countries, ...
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