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Monthly Archives: September 2010
SME project waters the roots of Emirati entrepreneurship
DUBAI // A Government venture has not only generated more than 1,000 businesses and 6,000 jobs – it is also bringing back the Emirati spirit of entrepreneurship. In its eight-year history, the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Establishment for Small and … Continue reading
A Microfinance IPO in India
SKS, India’s top lender to the poor, may trigger a spate of IPOs in microlending—though how much the poor would benefit is an open question For years, advocates for the poor have promoted microfinance—small loans for entrepreneurs in the rural … Continue reading
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Money For Good: $120 Billion Impact Investing Market Opportunity
In addition to charitable giving, the Money for Good researchanalyzed Americans’ demand for impact investments, and what was required to meet that demand. In other words, what do American investors need to make more impact investments? To get at the answer … Continue reading
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Future of microfinance in Pakistan
Microfinance Focus, Aug 31, 2010: Recent floods in Pakistan have further plunged the already reeling economy. The estimation of the total damage will take some time but the need to microfinance the victims are dire as the failure in this … Continue reading
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A Blueprint for Poverty Alleviation
f you are interested in pursuing a strategy for poverty alleviation, you ought to look into entering the world of microfinance. Microfinance can be one of the most influential instruments to prosperity for the poorest of the poor, who will … Continue reading
Steady Returns With Social Impact: While the rest of the market has seen losses, impact investing has outperformed.
In today’s volatile markets, investors are looking for new ways to capture returns while managing risk. The little secret of this past year’s capital crisis is that while many mainstream investments incurred significant losses in value, one category remained steady–with … Continue reading
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Technology and development: A growing number of initiatives are promoting bottom-up ways to deliver energy to the world’s poor
Sep 2nd 2010 AROUND 1.5 billion people, or more than a fifth of the world’s population, have no access to electricity, and a billion more have only an unreliable and intermittent supply. Of the people without electricity, 85% live in … Continue reading
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Banks asked to give financial support to MSMEs
NEW DELHI, August 31, 2010 Lauding the crucial role played by medium and small industries in the growth and development of the country, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Tuesday asked banks to provide financial support to micro and small enterprises … Continue reading