banks

Unfair share

25 August 2011

Thomas Pogge breaks down narratives about our efforts to fight world poverty and exposes a series of broken promises and rigged initiatives

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The power of the community

The power of the community

12 November 2010

Milford Bateman argues that it is community-driven financial institutions rather than microfinance that can help poor people move out of poverty

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