By Making It on 3 November, 2012
How a self-initiated microcredit system is boosting women’s business opportunities.
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Burkina Faso, Grameen Bank, International Institute for Communication and Development, Leo, microcredit, Muhammad Yunus, Nankouloubou, Nununa Federation, Olivier Nyirubugara, shea butter, shea nut
By Making It on 8 August, 2010
With all the media hype surrounding new online lending platforms, such as Kiva.org, the time is right to ask if microfinance really is an effective poverty reduction tool
Posted in All Posts, Hot Topic | Tagged agriculture, Anis Chowdhury, Australia, debt, éducation, government, Grameen Bank, India, labour, liquidity-constrained societies, MFI, microfinance, microlender, Mohammad Yunus, Philippines, poverty, public health, rural industry, SME, sustainability, UN-DESA, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, University of Western Sydney, working poor, World Bank