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The Soul of Microfinance: Purpose, Poverty, Pitfalls and Redemption

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poverty, Muhammad Yunus, Microfinancing for Women, Ipo, Sam Daley-Harris, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Microfinance-Summit, Results, Redemption, Ifad, Business News
Vivian Norris

The following are parts of a recent speech delivered by the head of the Microcredit Summit, Sam Daley-Harris entitled, "Purpose, Poverty, Pitfalls and Redemption."

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Investing in Haitian Women: A Hand-Up Approach to Rebuilding Haiti

Kari Stoever | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Microcredit, Haiti Earthquake, Microfinance, Girl Effect, Grameen Bank, Dannon-Yogurt, Women Entrepreneurs, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Grameen America, Social Business, Muhammad Yunus, President Clinton, Viola, World News
Kari Stoever

While resources are critical to support emergency relief efforts in Haiti, the bigger challenges are in finding sustainable long-term solutions that empower the Haitians to rebuild their country.

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Creating Change in the Midst of Crisis: Re-thinking Our Values

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Market, Video, Shareholders, Global Economy, Children, Davos, Business, Economic, Environment, Wealth, Nobel Peace Prize, Common Good, Values, Finding Our Way in the New Economy, Social Responsibility, Financial Crisis, Plenary Session, Capitalism, Class, World Economic Forum, System, Economics, Economic Crisis, Trade, Politics, Labor, Economic System, Klaus Schwab, Mohammad Yunus, Rediscovering Values, Grameen Bank, France, Wall Street, New Economy, Profits, Banks, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Poverty, Politics News
Jim Wallis

In past years at Davos, I often found myself in early morning optional sessions on social responsibility, in small rooms on the third floor of the c...

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To Catch a Dollar & Grameen America Bring Poverty Alternatives to Sundance

Emily Goligoski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Microloans, Climate Refugees, Sally Osberg, Sixteen Decisions, Jackson Heights, Grameen America, Queens, Grameen, Can't Be Done, Gayle Ferraro, Film, Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, Catch Dollar, Sundance Film Festival, Waiting for Superman, To Catch a Dollar, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh, Indpenedent Film, United States, Finance Crisis, Skoll Foundation, Sundance, Entertainment News
Emily Goligoski

Finance conversations during the first weekend of the Sundance Film Festival tend to center around distribution deals and the price of heeled boots, so discussions about economic motivators to end domestic poverty are particularly refreshing.

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Women Farmers in the Developing World

Dan Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unifem, Developing World, Women in Agriculture, Agra, World Bank, Tom Vilsak, Agribusiness, Micro-Finance, Department of Agriculture, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, African Development Bank, Gender Governance, Women, Grameen Bank, UNDevelopment Program, Food and Agricultural Organization, Sub-Saharan Africa, Agricultural Development, Decade for Women, Beijing Conference, Un, Green Heron Tools, Catherine Bertini, Gender Mainstreaming, Usaid, World Food Program, Dfid, World News
Dan Silverstein

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.

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A Note to Bill Gates, Oprah, Madonna: size isn't everything!

Richard Walden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brangelina, Philanthropy, Malawi, Oprah, Grameen Bank, Social Venture Capitalists, Madonna, Pierre Omidyar, Bill Gates, Muhammad Yunus, Bono, Impact News
Richard Walden

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.

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Changing Lives With Spare Change: My Two Cents on Microfinance

Yeardley Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grameen-Bank, Global Development, Microfinancing for Women, Poverty, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Grameen, Global-Development, Microfinancing-for-Women, Yeardley Smith, Global Poverty, Haiti Earthquake, Impact News
Yeardley Smith

I love the microfinance approach because instead of being a welfare model, it's a model that puts the recipient at the center of the solution. And in doing so, the victory is a thousand times sweeter.

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'Half The Sky' With Nicholas Kristof: A Morally Persuasive Call to Action

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Microlending, Economic Development, Sex Trafficking, Maternal Health, Somaly Mam, Happiness, Sheryl WuDunn, Microsavings, Education, Half the Sky, Oppression of Women, Grameen Bank, Slavery, Nicholas Kristof, Meaningful Work, Childbirth, Alex Benzer, Women's Rights, Healthy Living News
Dr. Ali Binazir

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.

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Pro Mujer: Journey Towards Women's Empowerment In Latin America

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Family Health, Sexual Health, Peru, Carmen Velasco, Communal Association, Women?S Health, Argentina, Barrios, Pro Mujer, Mohammad Yunus, Lynne Patterson, Self-Sufficiency, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Racism, Machismo, Discrimination, Classism, Family, Women, Poverty, Barbara Magnoni, Latin America, Mexico, Potential-Realization, Cycle of Poverty, Nicaragua, Peruvian Ministry of Education, Human Rights, Bangladesh, Counseling., Bolivia, Cervical Cancer, Reproductive Health., Childhood Education, Latino Culture, Domestic Violence, World News
Jim Luce

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.

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Microfinance as a Solution: Beggars, Thieves, AIDS and Prostitution

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Millenium Goals, Microfinance Summit, Microcredit, Muhammad Yunus, Sam Daley-Harris, Microfinance, Columbia, Results, Poverty, Sex Trafficking, Fonkoze, Grameen Bank, World News
Vivian Norris

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.

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A Near-Zero-Cost Approach to Do-Gooding: My 375th Kiva Loan

Bob Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Microloans, Uganda, Philippines, Yunus, Grameen, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Maria Shriver, Mozambique, Third World, Muhammad Yunus, Costa Rica, Kiva.org, Peru, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Kiva, Developing World, Hillary Clinton, Development, Nicaragua, Business News
Bob Harris

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.

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Does Doing Good Wear A White Face?

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Warren Buffett, Muhammad Yunus, Social Entrepreneurs, Clearlyso, Oprah, Social Edge, Mars, Grameen Bank, Rod Schwartz, Julia Moulden, First Nations, Bill Gates, New Radicals, Careers, Social Innovation, Micro-Lending, Aditya Jha, Allyson Hewitt, Ted Turner, The Giving Life, Toronto-Canada, Canada, India, Healthy Living News
Julia Moulden

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...

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It's Time to Put Affordable Health Care for the Poor Within Reach

Muhammad Yunus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bangladeshi Miracle, Grameen Clinic, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh, World Healthcare, Health Care, Healthcare, Affordable Health Insurance, World News
Muhammad Yunus

Bangladesh has shown it is possible to make remarkable progress in health status no matter how poor and crowded a country is to start.

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Third Screen: Can Banks End Poverty?

Vickie Karp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Banking, Sharon Stone, Grameen Bank, 92nd Street Y, Muhammad Yunus, Business News
Vickie Karp

Grameen, whose slogan is "banking for the unbanked," now operates in 38 countries providing collateral-free loans to over 7.5 million borrowers.

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Six Billion Reasons To Get Out of Bed Each Day

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Oxford University, New Radicals, Nobel Peace Prize, Social Entrepreunership, Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, Julia Moulden, The Giving Life, Video, Healthy Living News
Julia Moulden

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...

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Don't Demonize Debt

Zachary Karabell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Grameen Bank, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Economic Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Credit Crunch, Bad Bank, Economy, Business News
Zachary Karabell

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.

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