Microcredit debate

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  • Author: thecommoner

Tags: "development"  bank  capitalism  commons  enclosures  grameen  microcredit. 

This is an extract of a debate on microcredit broadcasted by Democracy Now! on 13 December between Susan Davis, founder and chair of the Grameen Foundation, and Vandana Shiva. The occasion was the acceptance of the Nobel Peace price acceptance speech made by the founder of Grameen Bank Muhammad...

Unitus Microfinance Microcredit Introduction Video

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  • Author: daveschappell

Tags: geoffdavis  microcredit  microfinance  mikemurray  Unitus 

Watch this 14-minute video to learn how Unitus works to alleviate global poverty through microfinance. Microfinance products such as savings accounts, microcredit loans (usually $50 to $150), and health insurance empower the poor to lift themselves out of poverty. Through microfinance, they can...

Micro credit scheme unveiled

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  • Author: Mediascrape

Tags: asia  car  corp  credit  delhi  hybrid  international  micro  new  news  scheme 

New Delhi, June 20 (ANI): The Finance Minister of India on Thursday launched a micro credit scheme to provide loans at low interest rates to the slum dwellers. The scheme is supported by a slew of state-run banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India in collaboration with an NGO, 'Asha'. P...

Muhammad Yunus - Micro-Credit Financing for Beggars

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  • Author: ForaTv

Tags: banking  business  capitalism  finance  free  homeless  issues  loaning  loans  markets  poor  poverty  responsibility  sales  social 

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/17/Muhammad_Yunus_Creating_a_World_Without_PovertyMuhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of The Grameen Bank, describes his successful micro-credit financing program catering to the unlikeliest of clients: street beggars. This program was...

Mohammed Yunus on microcredit-3/3

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  • Author: IWantDemocracyNow

Tags: credit  democracy  india  micro  mohammed  nobel  now  prize  yunus 

Nobel Laureate and "Banker to the Poor" Muhammad Yunus on Micro-Lending, Its Critics and the Bush Administration's Negative Impact on Global PovertyMuhammad Yunus won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering a microcredit program that helps hundreds of thousands of impoverished...

Mohammed Yunus on microcredit-1/3

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  • Author: IWantDemocracyNow

Tags: credit  democracy  india  micro  mohammed  nobel  now  prize  yunus 

Nobel Laureate and "Banker to the Poor" Muhammad Yunus on Micro-Lending, Its Critics and the Bush Administration's Negative Impact on Global PovertyMuhammad Yunus won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering a microcredit program that helps hundreds of thousands of impoverished...

2006 Microcredit Summit Presentation

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Tags: Africa  credit  documentary  funk  grameen  micro  microcredit  microfinance  nathan  poor  poverty  unitus 

Shot in Nigeria and Kenya, this short feature is part of a longer documentary based on the empowerment of women, microcredit and poverty on the Africa continent, and was first debuted at the 2006 Microcredit Summit held in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Considered to be a movement of the poor, microcredit...

Martin Burt, an uncommon hero starts microcredit in Paraguay

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  • Author: skollfoundation

Tags: ashoka  burt  entreprenuership  farming  foundation  fundacion  jeff  martin  microcredit  paraguay  paraguaya  skoll  social  yunus 

Meet Martin Burt. After studying in Spain and the United States, Martin Burt returned to Paraguay in 1985 and started an innovative microcredit program. Fundación Paraguaya has supported 30,000 microentrepreneurs who have created 19,000 new jobs. Its Junior Achievement program has helped build...

Landmark Education TMLP MicroCredit Project

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Tags: Education  Forum  Ghana  Landmark  micro-credit  TGIW  TMLP 

Landmark Forum Graduates and TMLP participants have created a micro-credit loans for women in Ghana west Africa. For more stories about what people in Landmark Education's TMLP are up to visit : www.teamleadership.org

ACOA - Microcredit

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  • Author: fireflydigital

Tags: ACOA  government  halifax  microcredit  video 

An award winning video produced for delegates at the 2006 global Microcredit Conference in Halifax.

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