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This week, Slate posted an earnest Q & A about the interest rates that Kiva and other microlending sites charge to help alleviate poverty around the w...
Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.14.2009 | Impact
You may know the Web site Kiva.org for its groundbreaking use of microloans, which allow Americans to loan as little as $25 at a time to small busines...
Tabby Biddle | Posted 10.02.2009 | Home
As more and more women and girls are given opportunity and respect, there is real possibility for bringing balance back to our world.
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.
Karen Stabiner | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living
If we have learned anything this year, it is the first rule of Ponziconomics: If an investment sounds too good to be true, it undoubtedly is. ...
Janet Kinosian | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living
For as little as $25, anyone in the world can log on to kiva.org and loan an entrepreneur somewhere in the world the money to improve their business.
Paige Donner | Posted 03.25.2009 | Green
Eco Luxury (What IS that?) d. As awareness of the natural resource crisis rises, the old ideal of conspicuous consumption loses traction. In the new ...
Jack Hidary | Posted 01.01.2009 | Style
Think your are helping the economy by buying some holiday gifts? Instead of giving more stuff to your relatives and friends that they don't need, d...
Nicholas Sabin | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living
Yenku Sesay looks down where his hands used to be. He answers my question with a sickening quickness: "1998. May 6. 10am." That was when the rebel ar...
GOOD Magazine | Posted 05.08.2008 | Living
Words By GOOD magazine What does a $20 donation do for Kiva? Any donation helps us cover our basic operational costs--paying salaries, keeping the li...
Jaime Acosta | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
This is what so distinctive about Kiva: it allows lenders to find entrepreneurs who they can connect with.
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Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact