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	<title>The MiFi Report &#187; micro credit</title>
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		<title>SBDF funded 540 micro, small loans last year&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/07/toolbox-print-it-print-it-discuss-0-next-article-sbdf-funded-540-micro-small-loans-last-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>boris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[$60M loan sealed with World Bank private sector arm
The Small Business Development Finance Trust on Tuesday announced that it had funded over 540 micro and small loans to the value of $ 147, 245,000 during 2008, in spite of the challenging economic environment.
Chairman of the Trust Sattaur Gafoor, in his report at the firm’s 6th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loans To SMIs Total RM120 Billion Todate&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/loans-to-smis-total-rm120-billion-todate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/loans-to-smis-total-rm120-billion-todate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bernama.com
KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Bernama) &#8212; A total of RM120 billion todate has been given out in loans by the country&#8217;s banking system to entrepreneurs and small traders especially in the small and medium sized industries (SMIs), the Dewan Rakyat was informed Wednesday.
Deputy Finance Minister Senator Datuk Dr Awang Adik Hussein said the loans involved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Micro-credit : Creating real jobs and business in Lyon France&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/micro-credit-creating-real-jobs-and-business-in-lyon-france/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Digital Journal
The ADIE is a French association with national implantation which finances the small business plans of those who would be refused bank credit, such as the unemployed and those on Social Security. Here’s a look behind the scenes at their work.
Micro-credit has been around a long while of course, and became a household name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SBP adds incentive to Micro Credit Guarantee Facility&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/sbp-adds-incentive-to-micro-credit-guarantee-facility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/sbp-adds-incentive-to-micro-credit-guarantee-facility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 09:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daily Times
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan has told the banks that they might provide funding to microfinance banks/institutions with 25 percent First Loss Guarantee to cover up to 25 percent of the first loss on the principal amount under the Micro Credit Guarantee Facility.
The MCGF was introduced by the central bank in December last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business plan to tackle poverty&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/business-plan-to-tackle-poverty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/business-plan-to-tackle-poverty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Press and Journal
Church considering cheap loans  to help unemployed people   realise their potential.
The Kirk is considering using a business model pioneered in the third world to tackle poverty in Scotland.
It is investigating the merits of investing in a company which will give low-interest loans to unemployed people who want to start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Micro credit interest rates&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/micro-credit-interest-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/micro-credit-interest-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Nation
ONE reason for less than the desired impact of micro credit on the poor is the high interest rate on such credit. Borrowers in the first place should be poor or very poor. But according to various studies conducted by responsible developmental agencies from time to time, a notable number of the recipients [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taraba spends N804m on poverty alleviation&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/taraba-spends-n804m-on-poverty-alleviation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/taraba-spends-n804m-on-poverty-alleviation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vangaurd Online
Jalingo — The Taraba State Government has spent about N804 million in the last two years on poverty alleviation programmes for unemployed youths.
Mr Dan Kwetako, the Commissioner for Co-operatives and Poverty Alleviation, made this known in Jalingo yesterday while speaking to newsmen.
He said N184.44 million of the amount was used in the training and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tough rules, fund shortage hamper microfinance banks&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/tough-rules-fund-shortage-hamper-microfinance-banks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/tough-rules-fund-shortage-hamper-microfinance-banks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International News
KARACHI: Harsh regulations and a liquidity crunch are not letting microfinance banks extend financial services to the poor segments of the society, industry people told The News.In the absence of a proper government support, most of the microfinance banks, which are in their infancy, are running into continuous losses and could collapse, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bentley Students Try Microfinancing In Their Own Backyard&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/bentley-students-try-microfinancing-in-their-own-backyard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/bentley-students-try-microfinancing-in-their-own-backyard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 08:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WBUR

WALTHAM, Mass. — A group of students at Bentley University is trying to do something no students in the country have been able to do successfully: use a model for lending to the poor that has worked well in developing countries, but not so well in this country. The Bentley Microfinance Initiative is designed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tackling poverty from the root in Oyo&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/tackling-poverty-from-the-root-in-oyo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/tackling-poverty-from-the-root-in-oyo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 08:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Punch
Visitors to the nooks and crannies of the towns and villages in Oyo State will feel the hardship and suffering the rural dwellers are passing through in the face of the current global economic crisis, which has depleted their purchasing power tremendously.
Our correspondent who went round some villages in the Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun areas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erongo credit scheme members awarded&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/erongo-credit-scheme-members-awarded/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/erongo-credit-scheme-members-awarded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 08:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Informante
THE first group of 56 beneficiaries in the innovative Erongo Micro Finance Credit Scheme on Friday received certificates after completing a financial management and business planning course in Swakopmund.
Each of the beneficiaries also qualified for a loan not exceeding N$10,000 from Bank Windhoek to start their own businesses, alleviate poverty and create employment.
The scheme, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small loans lead to big returns&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/small-loans-lead-to-big-returnstahmina-maya-is-a-45-year-old-new-york-woman-of-modest-means-but-in-the-past-12-months-she-has-been-able-to-get-a-loan-to-start-a-business-and-make-the-regular-wee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 08:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC News
By Salim Rizvi, New York.
Tahmina Maya is a 45-year-old New York woman of modest means.
But in the past 12 months, she has been able to get a loan to start a business and make the regular weekly repayments on time, while many Americans are struggling to pay off mortgages and credit card debts.
And she&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOMSA: Empowering Entrepreneurs for Job Creation&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/domsa-empowering-entrepreneurs-for-job-creation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/domsa-empowering-entrepreneurs-for-job-creation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 08:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vanguard Online
Realising that its mission to build a stronger Nigeria cannot be achieved without significant dent on the pervasive and widespread poverty in the country, Oceanic Bank and Delta State Government have entered into a partnership to eradicate poverty through micro credit scheme, Babajide Komolafe writes
It started with a micro credit scheme  earlier instituted by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN warns food crisis could re-emerge&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/un-warns-food-crisis-could-re-emerge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/un-warns-food-crisis-could-re-emerge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gulf News
Bangkok: A UN report says the food crisis that hit many developing countries last year is likely to re-emerge following the recession, so countries in Asia must put measures in place to ensure the poorest have enough to eat while protecting others from rising prices.
The report was released Friday. It calls for governments to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microfinance integral to poverty reduction strategy: Gilani&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/microfinance-integral-to-poverty-reduction-strategy-gilani/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/microfinance-integral-to-poverty-reduction-strategy-gilani/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that microfinance is an important pillar and integral part of Pakistan’s poverty reduction strategy and the government is making all out efforts to expand its coverage through microfinance banking, microfinance institutions and rural support programme.
The Prime Minister expressed these views while chairing a high level [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEWS WIRE: Jordan Micro Credit Company Finances Purchases of Solar Systems&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/news-wire-jordan-micro-credit-company-finances-purchases-of-solar-systems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/news-wire-jordan-micro-credit-company-finances-purchases-of-solar-systems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microcapital
AMMAM, JORDAN, -  Limited-income Jordanians and entrepreneurs will soon be able to purchase solar systems through facilitated loans under a recently launched initiative.
Under the scheme launched Thursday, the Jordan Micro Credit Company-Tamweelcom will finance the purchase of solar systems for those with limited-income and small-businesses to increase the use of solar systems across the Kingdom.In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Job insecurity &#8220;getting worse&#8221;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/job-insecurity-getting-worse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/job-insecurity-getting-worse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Joy Online
More than half of the world&#8217;s workforce lacks job security or benefits, and the number is growing during the downturn.The increased number of workers in the informal sector will have &#8220;severe consequences for poverty&#8221; in poor countries, the OECD has warned. The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), which represents rich countries, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whose economy is it, anyway?&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/whose-economy-is-it-anyway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ring
Dr. Ana Maria Peredo, director of the UVic-based BC Institute for Co-operative Studies (BCICS), looks beyond the recent bad economic news and sees a precious opportunity to do things differently.
“Maybe this is going to allow us to think about the way we put our economy together,” she explains. “So much of the efforts of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Micro-Banking Has a Go in the U.S&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/micro-banking-has-a-go-in-the-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zacks.com
In 2006, Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus pioneered &#8220;micro-credit&#8221; with his Grameen Bank concept in India. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for it. This &#8220;new&#8221; category of banking focused on small loans to poor people who have no collateral and who do not qualify for conventional bank loans.
Considering the state of the economy with US [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Co-founder of microfinance organization Kiva.org to speak Thursday at IU&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/co-founder-of-microfinance-organization-kivaorg-to-speak-thursday-at-iu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indiana University
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. &#8212; Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva.org, the world&#8217;s first person-to-person micro-lending Web site, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday (April 9) at Indiana University on the topic &#8220;Eliminating Poverty: A Conversation About Microfinance.&#8221;
Jackley&#8217;s presentation will take place in the Grand Hall of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, 275 N. Jordan Ave. Food [...]]]></description>
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