March 31, 2009 (Wokai) In mid-August last year the government introduced new incentives to encourage microcredit lenders to provide more loans to small companies engaging in labor-intensive manufacturing activities, expanding the credit limit for the first time and making statements encouraging laid-off workers to become entrepreneurs. In addition, the central bank has allowed qualified microcredit ...
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CGAP announces this year’s microfinance photography contest winner: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/cgap/50702/ Unitus announces its new approach: http://unituslabs.org/ And the CGAP blog...
ImpactAssets chose Global Partnerships as one of 50 investment funds contributing the most social and environmental value over and...
“Microfinance has achieved scale, but needs to achieve effectiveness, client diversity, & product breadth.” Brigit Helms #bottombillions
RT @ChrisAWolff: First savings banks were made in early 1800′s by minister Henry Duncan addressing poverty in UK –...
RT @ChrisAWolff: MLK quote “we’re all interdependent” ‘you can’t finish breakfast w/out depending on half the world’ #bottombillions
RT @MelisaS: “Just focus on 3 small ideas” – @Vidar quoting @Yunus #TCAD
RT @richbodo: #tcad watching to catch a dollar. touching and hilarious
