A comprehensive collection of scholarly, personal, and editorial articles relating to the growth and development of economic / political ties between China and South America-- with a focus on commodity rich countries in South America and commodity/energy markets.
Microfinance is a topic i've touched upon before on this site (See June 17, 2008 post). In this turbulent time, Microfinance borrowers believe it or not but are still paying back their loans despite the credit crisis.
Microfinance is an effective, long-term solution to ending poverty that empowers poor families with the financial resources they need to improve their lives.
But there is an urgent need to expand these services. Right now, microfinance is only reaching 10-20% of the estimated 500 million people who would benefit from these life-changing opportunities.
As you'll see in the two-minute video, microfinance has the power to improve the lives not just of individuals, but of families and entire communities around the world.
ACCION International Newsletter - July 17, 2008 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has committed $4.3 million to ACCIONover the next five years to extend microfinance into rural Latin America. Around the world, the rural poor – often among the most impoverished – are under-served by microfinance. ACCION will work with five of its long-term partners in Latin America – Banco Ademi in the Dominican Republic, CREDIFEin Ecuador, Financiera FAMAin Nicaragua, FINAMERICAin Colombia and Mibanco in Peru – to overcome barriers and explore new technological and methodological solutions. The project will provide financial services and training to the rural poor that are less expensive, better tailored to the client and easy to replicate.
The mission of ACCIONInternational is to give people the tools they need to work their way out of poverty. By providing microloans, business training and other financial services to poor men and women who start their own businesses, ACCION's partner lending organizations help people work their own way up the economic ladder, with dignity and pride. With just a little capital, people can grow their own businesses. They can earn enough to afford basics like running water, better food and schooling for their children.
In a world where three billion people live on less than $2 a day, it is not enough to help 1,000 or even 100,000 individuals. ACCION’s goal is to bring microfinance to tens of millions of people – enough to truly change the world. We know that there will never be enough donations to do this. That's why ACCION has created an anti-poverty strategy that is permanent and self-sustaining.
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