2004-07-03 04:00:00 PDT Kangyi Village, Burma-- For Aye Than, the tiny loan begat a small boat to rent out, which begat a sewing machine, which begat four water buffalo, 9 acres of land, 50 ducks, ...

The Nation has an interesting post up recapping an antipoverty conference in Philadelphia. Buried at the bottom is a reference to a plan to import the microfinance model from India’s Social for the ...

Dead livestock in drought-stricken North Eastern province. Rural populations need funds for climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. File Projects to fight climate change are being designed ...

At the intersection of finance and social consciousness at Tufts is the Omidyar-Tufts Microfinance Fund (OTMF), which gains profits from investing in small businesses and uses the money it earns to ...

A program that won the Nobel Peace Prize in Bangladesh has been working its magic, opening businesses on the streets of the Bronx. Microfinance, which won economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank ...

While exploring a new destination is often the driving force behind travel decisions, an increasing number of globetrotters are also considering the impact of their travels during the planning process ...

Bratislava/Abu Dhabi - Habitat for Humanity Europe Middle East and Africa received the first prize from the Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) for its innovative microfinance project to ...