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Microloan

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First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

New online tool launched to encourage donations and fight global hunger

Mercy Corps is challenging Americans to put the "giving" back in Thanksgiving by matching the amount they spend on a meal this Thanksgiving Day with a donation that fights global hunger.According to the American Federation of Farm Bureaus, the average ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Mercy Corps, Thanksgiving, Donations

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Moody's Corporation

Microfinance groups push tax-perks bill

The national network for micro-finance institutions (MFIs) is seeking the passage of a bill that would allow to the government to collect gross revenues tax in lieu of all other national and local taxes to boost microlending in the country. In a briefing, ... [Manila Times - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Microfinance, Microloan, Moody's Corporation, Taxes, Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Want to Double Your Good Karma This Holiday Season? Support Developing World Entrepreneurs through UnitedProsperity.org

Using an innovative microloan guarantee, non-profit United Prosperity.org revolutionizes giving to developing world entrepreneurs by enabling individual givers to nearly double the impact of their small contributions to fund the poorest entrepreneurs ... [Earthtimes.org - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Microloan, Entrepreneur, Developing World

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Kiva.org

Student Loans for All

From Flickr user gabofr via Creative Commons Microfinance, a model well known for helping out small business owners throughout the world, is now being applied to student loans.One such initiative, called Vittana (which I learned about through the TBD ... [Idealist - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Microloan, Harvard University, Kiva.org

First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 1 Documents

Kiva and transparency

A few weeks ago David Roodman, research fellow at the Centre for Global Development, kicked up a bit of a storm when he posted a lengthy blog raising concerns about the transparency displayed by micro-lending site Kiva.You can read the post here, Kiva ... [Finextra Research - 11/14/2009]

Entities: Kiva.org, Microloan, Developing World

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents

SBA lending crimped in San Antonio by weight of recession

The number and value of loans approved by the fell off significantly locally in fiscal 2009.The total dollar amount of SBA-backed loans made in the 55-county SBA San Antonio region decreased by 22 percent from $306.8 million to $238.8 million between ... [Biz Journals - 11/16/2009]

Entities: San Antonio (Texas, United States), Microloan, Recession

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Four Michigan Companies Receive $200,000 From Ann Arbor SPARK's Microloan Program

'Attracting the funding required to support a company's growth from research and development into the commercialization of a product or service can be a challenge,' said Skip Simms, administrator of the Michigan Microloan Fund Program. 'The microloan ... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/17/2009]

Entities: Microloan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor (United States), Brain, Solar Cell

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents

Adidas Scores Social Responsibility Points With 'One Euro Shoes'

In an effort to boost its social responsibility, Adidas is planning to make "one Euro shoes" for the millions of people around the world who cannot afford to buy shoes, The Telegraph reports. The undertaking was suggested by Nobel prize winner ... [The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - 11/17/2009]

Entities: adidas AG, Muhammad Yunus, One Laptop Per Child, Microloan

First Reported 10/25/2009 - Updated 10/26/2009 - 3 Documents

Microlending in India Soars

Despite last year's global financial meltdown, the microfinance industry has continued to boom in India because of an influx of private equity and bank funding. ... [WSJ.com: What's News Asia - 10/26/2009]

Entities: Microloan, India, Microfinance

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 2 Documents

In Just 4 Short Years, Kiva Hits $100 Million In Microloans

Back in 2005, Warren wrote about Kiva, and making history on a one-to-one basis . Kiva was a brand new idea, an easier, more human-centered way for struggling business owners to get the helping hand they need. Now, four years later, Kiva has hit a record ... [Treehugger - 11/02/2009]

Entities: Kiva.org, Microloan

First Reported 11/01/2009 - Updated 11/01/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Four Years After Founding, Kiva Hits $100 Million In Microloans

Proving that microloans can help to change the world one , Kiva.org hit a major milestone today. SInce it's founding four years ago, it has now made possible $100 million in microloans between individual lenders and entrepreneurs all around the world. ... [TechNews.AM - 11/01/2009]

Entities: Kiva.org, Microloan, Entrepreneur

First Reported 10/23/2009 - Updated 10/23/2009 - 4 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Obama unveils plan for small businesses

Maryland, October 22 -- President Barack Obama, in an effort to support economic recovery, Thursday announced a package of lending initiatives for small businesses on Main Street.President Barack Obama with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Small ... [The Money Times - 10/23/2009]

Entities: Small Businesses, Barack Obama, Small Business Administration

Quotes

Marlise Richter, a South Africa-based researcher, said the requirement had 'a chilling effect' on efforts to support sex workers' rights. "Sex workers don't need to be rehabilitated, they need to be given skills and a safe working environment. I can see there's a place for exit programmes and microloans, but you're not dealing with the underlying system."

AFRICA: Trying to give sex workers safer alternatives [Plus News - 11/17/2009]

...into the commercialization of a product or service can be a challenge,' said Skip Simms, administrator of the Michigan Microloan Fund Program. "The microloan program is invaluable support that can take a company to its next growth phase in a shorter amount of time than seeking traditional funding sources. As Ann Arbor SPARK and its economic development partners continue to seek ways to support the acceleration and growth of Michigan businesses, the microloan program is an important resource." The microloan funding recipients:

Four Michigan Companies Receive $200,000 From Ann Arbor SPARK's Microloan Program [Yahoo! Canada - 11/17/2009]

...As Flannery says: "One of the contributions that Kiva has made is to demonstrate that empathy increases generosity. The pictures and stories on the Kiva site increase understanding between various parties that would otherwise operate in completely different universes. When understanding increases, so does empathy. When empathy increases, so does generosity. People are inherently more generous towards people and causes they understand." The limitations of the technology are interesting; it can create the illusion of closeness but Kiva has yet to find a way to make the connection real...

Kiva and transparency [Finextra Research - 11/14/2009]

...Then, donors select a project they support, give an amount of their choosing, and watch the donations tally up on the page. Kiva trumpeted that "the people you see on Kiva's site are real individuals." That was true. But it really works much differently, David Roodman of the CenterCenter for Global Development figured out...

Is Kiva really that controversial? [FP Passport - 11/10/2009]

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Vittana: Student Loans and a New Generation of ... [WRI - 12 hours ago]
Student Loans for All [Idealist - 11/20/2009]
Want to Double Your Good Karma This Holiday Sea... [Earthtimes.org - 11/19/2009]
New online tool launched to encourage donations... [News-Medical.Net - 11/19/2009]
Microfinance groups push tax-perks bill [Manila Times - 11/19/2009]
Mercy Corps Urges Americans to Put the 'Giving'... [Houston Chronicle - 11/18/2009]
Rally Driver Speaks Out on Race To Erase Povert... [PR Newswire - 11/18/2009]
Adidas Scores Social Responsibility Points With... [The Huffington Post \| Full News Feed - 11/17/2009]
Rally Driver Speaks Out on Race To Erase Povert... [Street Insider - 11/17/2009]
AFRICA: Trying to give sex workers safer altern... [Plus News - 11/17/2009]
Four Michigan Companies Receive $200,000 From A... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/17/2009]
Faces of Climate Change: Mali [MORE - 11/17/2009]
SBA lending crimped in San Antonio by weight of... [Biz Journals - 11/16/2009]
Bluetooth SIG runs ‘Sharing4Caring’ microfinanc... [Display Plus - 11/16/2009]
Kiva and transparency [Finextra Research - 11/14/2009]
Partnership launches microloans [Riverside Press Enterprise - 11/13/2009]
Cash advance crossroads: High commissions or mo... [Green Sheet - 11/13/2009]
Glimmer of Hope raises $1M at fundraiser [Biz Journals - 11/13/2009]
Floods, slides bury El Salvador--CUs, members a... [CUNA News Now - 11/13/2009]
Vikram Akula At The Crossroads [Forbes.com - 11/12/2009]
Give Me Goldman Over Ghandi (Tradecraft) [Smart Money - 11/12/2009]
Grameen Foundation Announces Contest to a Win a... [Street Insider - 11/12/2009]
KOSBE Hosts Night School Program for Prospectiv... [Prlog - 11/12/2009]
Statement from Administrator Mills on Continuin... [Business Wire UK - 11/12/2009]
FINCA International and Deutsche Bank Announce ... [Business Wire - 11/12/2009]
Kiva Provides Microloans that Change Lives [Suite101.com - 11/11/2009]
Why Kiva is still valuable, despite its false a... [Foreign Policy Magazine - 11/11/2009]
Is Kiva really that controversial? [Foreign Policy Magazine - 11/10/2009]
Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark Supports Domes... [Individual.com - 11/09/2009]
Joe Sestak Votes for Small Business Job Creatio... [Hellenic News - 11/09/2009]

Blogs

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Is Kiva a Private Equity Fund? [Conglomerate - 11/19/2009] Kiva.org is all aflurry these days after a blogger disclosed that lenders under the Kiva system are not actually lending to a specific entrepreneur, but to a previously ...
Mark Dery on 2012 bunkum [Boing Boing - 11/12/2009] 2012 angst got you down? Hankering for another harmonic convergence? Former BB guestblogger Mark Dery has got just the medicine for you. Over at h+ Magazine, ...
Is Kiva really that controversial? [FP Passport - 11/10/2009] On Sunday, the New York Times published an article exposing problems with the wildly popular microfinance organization Kiva, a person-to-person lending site whose virtues ...
Web-Based World Change [3BL Media blogs - 11/10/2009] Micro-lending website Kiva.org recently hit a major milestone. Since launching four years ago, the organization has facilitated $100 million in microloan transactions ...
Today in Congress [Daily Kos - 11/06/2009] In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader: FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 House Meets At... 9:00 a.m.: Legislative Business First ...

Audio/Video

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Ranking Member Sam Graves (11/6/09) [House Small Biz (R) - YouTube Channel - 11/06/2009]

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