Microcredit Loan

President Obama's Mother, Hillary Clinton and Muhammad Yunus: Microcredit and Grameen in the U.S.

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 02.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Fundamentalism, Women, Yunus, Microcredit, Indonesia, Gates Foundation, Ann Dunham Soetero, Hillary Clinton, Citibank, Microcredit Loan, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Microcredit is the one banking system that is actually working. What other bank these days is made up mostly of women borrowers and can claim a 98-99% payback rate? Surely not Citibank!

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Nicaragua Ten Years After Hurricane Mitch

Richard Walden | Posted 11.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Earthquake, Obama, Tsunami, Operation Usa, Extreme Weather, Smart Aid, Nicaragua, Hurricane Mitch, Natural Disasters, Central America, Hurricane Ike, Microcredit Loan, Ngo, Red Cross, Hurricane Gustav, Hydropower, Hurricane Katrina, Santa Rosa, Economic Growth for Developing Countries, Green News
Richard Walden

It's important to understand that the immediacy of a disaster response can also be followed by a long term recovery period that leaves those affected by Mother Nature better off than they were before.

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