Women Farmers in the Developing World
In Sub-Saharan Africa, 80% of agricultural workers are women. According to the World Bank,They raise 90% of the food, but receive only 10% of credit extended for agricultural loans.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, 80% of agricultural workers are women. According to the World Bank,They raise 90% of the food, but receive only 10% of credit extended for agricultural loans.
Richard Walden | Posted 11.03.2009 | Impact
I appreciate the Gates family's, Oprah's, and Madonna's philanthropic work, but they're missing a huge world full of local talent, new ideas and smaller-scale projects crying out for funding.
Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living
In their lucid and levelheaded way, Kristof and WuDunn build a powerful moral case for fostering economic progress in the developing world by unleashing the potential of women.
Jim Luce | Posted 11.22.2009 | World
Pro Mujer is helping some of the poorest women in Latin America to increase their income, develop their full potential, and claim their basic human rights, enabling them to become agents of change.
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 07.19.2009 | World
At a recent Microfinance Summit, Sam Daley-Harris spoke about making credit available not only to the poorest of the poor, but to those usually excluded from civil society, like beggars and rebels.
Bob Harris | Posted 07.16.2009 | Business
Metaphorically, micro lending is not giving someone a fish, and it's not teaching someone to fish; it's helping a fisherman patch a hole in his rowboat so he can get on with life.
Julia Moulden | Posted 07.07.2009 | Living
Last week's column posed the question, "Is making a difference only for the rich?" A friend sent me a link to an article from the Guardian newspaper a...
Muhammad Yunus | Posted 05.23.2009 | World
Bangladesh has shown it is possible to make remarkable progress in health status no matter how poor and crowded a country is to start.
Vickie Karp | Posted 05.20.2009 | Business
Grameen, whose slogan is "banking for the unbanked," now operates in 38 countries providing collateral-free loans to over 7.5 million borrowers.
Julia Moulden | Posted 03.24.2009 | Living
With all the bad news about, you may feel like pulling the covers up over your head and waiting until it's over. That thought has certainly crossed my...
Zachary Karabell | Posted 02.28.2009 | Business
While granting someone with a low income a $300,000 mortgage is absurd, so is granting them zero credit or credit at rates that would make a loan shark blush.
Dan Silverstein | Posted 11.10.2009 | World