That microfinancing is good for the emancipation of women and poverty alleviation in developing countries is true says Dutch-sponsored researcher Alfred Lakwo, but only in part. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Many primarily philanthropic Web sites like Kickstarter and Kiva.org have sought small sums in support of high-risk ventures, arts groups and charities under the rubric of microfinancing and crowd-sourcing. ❋ By GLENN COLLINS (2011)
Back to the letter: we left off at "microfinancing" - let me just add here that I fulfilled another resolution which I have been meaning and wanting to do for some time. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I couldn't imagine doing anything else, it's what I am programmed to do, she says of the decision to co-found Wokai, a non-profit that makes modest loans to small-business enterprises known as microfinancing to alleviate poverty. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Founded in Chile in 2002 by finance wizards Felipe Vergara and Miguel Palacios, the for-profit company has taken the notion of microfinancing - small but critical infusions of money that have been wildly successful in helping poor people start businesses, particularly in regions such as India or Africa - and applied it to helping students pay for college. ❋ Chronicle [email protected] (Nanette Asimov (2011)
It's a concept known as microfinancing, and while it's more commonly associated with the developing world it's starting to gain traction in Canada. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Commercial for-profit lenders became involved -- attaching the word 'microfinancing' to inflated loans and revenue raising practices one noted African micro-lender charged 120% interest. ❋ Virginia M. Moncrieff (2011)
With "microfinancing" grants, it will steer money from FreedomWorks donors - the tax code protects their anonymity - to local Tea Parties. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Marco Rubio of Florida are stacked around the offices here - voter lists, and a phone system that allows volunteers to make calls for candidates around the country from their home computers. With "microfinancing" grants, it will steer money from FreedomWorks donors - the tax code protects their anonymity - to local Tea Parties. ❋ Unknown (2010)
I should add that alternative financing institutions such as microfinancing entities also seem not properly represented, as if they had no legitimate stake in this question. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Earlier this week, the San Francisco-based group signed a partnership with Accion Texas-Louisiana, a microfinancing organization that provides loans to start-ups and existing businesses in Texas and Louisiana. ❋ Sarah E. Needleman (2010)
Kiva then passes that money onto its microfinancing partners who work directly with those entrepreneurs. ❋ Sarah E. Needleman (2010)
The Bangladeshi man who helped pioneer microfinancing is fighting efforts to remove him from the bank he founded and getting help from the bank's board of directors. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Keeping growth of the State Department/USAID budget at only 1% over 2010 levels in its 2012 budget proposal, the President has maintained funding for a host of vital programs, from securing nuclear materials to microfinancing to judicial reform. ❋ Michael Lieberman (2011)
