Blogs about: Microfinancing
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Peer-to-Peer Lending and Other Funding News
One of my first posts on Merge was about microfinancing or “peer-to-peer” lending and Kiva Microlending, one of the highest profile players in this industry (Microfinancing. A Model That C… more →
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Books I like
caffeevino wrote 1 week ago: Earlier this week I picked up a book called THE POOR WILL BE GLAD by Peter Greer and Phil Smith. So … more →
Give Hope Sunday
jwelles wrote 2 weeks ago: What good is hope? You can’t hold it in your hand or see it blowing in the wind. … more →
Initiatives in Developing Entrepreneurs
bobbyofbrunei wrote 3 weeks ago: Most people think it is difficult to start a business. Especially if they don’t have the money … more →
Money Matters
saika wrote 3 weeks ago: Kalaidevi in front of her grocery shop. The 5000 Rs. loan enabled by Rang De helped her expand her s … more →
Beyond microfinancing: the vision
gettingaroundtheworldnet wrote 1 month ago: If you pick up any newspaper or magazine covering economic issues, every month you will find article … more →
The Nobel Prize Laureates - Elinor Ostrom, Muhammed Yunus, Wangari Maathai, Barack Obama
Ellen Hayakawa wrote 1 month ago: Elinor Ostrom born in 1933 shared the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2009. She is the first woman … more →
UK might follow on US' Community Reinvestment Act
Tan Adriaan K wrote 1 month ago: From The Guardian: Plans to force Britain’s banks to pump money into poor communities in excha … more →
Action Rewind 1: Kiva
aforwarddesign wrote 2 months ago: Last Thursday, we heard from many voices on how & where we’re taking action for God’ … more →
Foreign Aid in Laos and Timor-Leste
Johan wrote 2 months ago: Two articles, published within hours of each other, highlight the foreign aid discrepancy between La … more →
Hillary's Gender Agenda
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dakinikat wrote 3 months ago: I’m feeling a little lonely at the moment because it seems every one here at The Confluence (b … more →
Peer-to-Peer Lending and Other Funding News
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Doug Powell wrote 3 months ago: One of my first posts on Merge was about microfinancing or “peer-to-peer” lending and Ki … more →
Music Abounds
Cathey wrote 3 months ago: A roundup of tidbits in world music, electro-rock, acoustic rock, and metal: WORLD MUSIC Microfundo … more →
Leadership Summit Day 1
Greg wrote 3 months ago: Wow, what an amazing day at the Leadership Summit today. Today was hands down the best single lineup … more →
Grameen Bank
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dannidupa wrote 3 months ago: There are women in developing countries who are living the economic catch-22: you need money to make … more →
Send John Brown's Body on Tour (via The Hector Fund)
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Sandra Possing wrote 4 months ago: There are different kinds of music fans out there. There are the casual fans – you know who yo … more →
New EU Microfinance Fund Proposed
Вихър Георгиев wrote 4 months ago: The European Commission proposes the establishment of a new microfinance facility providing microcre … more →
Sustainable development
ppalme wrote 4 months ago: Time Exchange is an excellent way or method to sustainable development. In any country of this world … more →
The Confluence Kiva Lending Team
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dakinikat wrote 5 months ago: We’ve had about three posts on the economic development tool broadly called microfinancing or … more →
Kiva: Microlending for Americans as well
Michael Gallagher wrote 5 months ago: Great news and an indication that we acknowledge that poverty is poverty the world around. According … more →
