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For example, a recent WSJ article highlighted micro-finance and community lending happening right here in the U.S. as opposed to what many people think of when micro-lending comes up: impoverished people in developing nations taking out small loans for things like the purchase of a cow or a sewing machine.
Alison Wise: The Clean Economist: Clean "Corruption" Alison Wise 2010
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For example, a recent WSJ article highlighted micro-finance and community lending happening right here in the U.S. as opposed to what many people think of when micro-lending comes up: impoverished people in developing nations taking out small loans for things like the purchase of a cow or a sewing machine.
Alison Wise: The Clean Economist: Clean "Corruption" Alison Wise 2010
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When I interviewed Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman, who serves as the Ambassador of Hope for the organization FINCA International which promotes micro-lending to empower women in poor countries, she talked emotionally about being dramatically transformed and greatly enriched by her time traveling the globe working with and assisting these women in developing countries.
Marianne Schnall: Be the Change: Inspiration and Advice from Activists and Celebrities Marianne Schnall 2011
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For example, a recent WSJ article highlighted micro-finance and community lending happening right here in the U.S. as opposed to what many people think of when micro-lending comes up: impoverished people in developing nations taking out small loans for things like the purchase of a cow or a sewing machine.
Alison Wise: The Clean Economist: Clean "Corruption" Alison Wise 2010
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Access to capital is crucial to the growth of new firms and micro-lending is especially important to help bolster the self-employed.
Kristie Arslan: Innovation Plus Job Creation = National Self-Employment Initiative Kristie Arslan 2011
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Over the past five years, I've been amazed again and again at how micro-lending can help both women and men across the globe.
Premal Shah: Kiva.org and the Ripple Effects of Helping Women Premal Shah 2011
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Highlights of the briefing also included the SBA's plans to incorporate a micro-lending mechanism to address the particular needs of truly small business owners and entrepreneurs as well as a reinforced commitment to supporting STEM education and awareness initiatives.
Monyka Berrocosa: On the Obama Administration's Recent "Women and the Economy" Briefing Monyka Berrocosa 2011
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Our mission is to bring student loans to the developing world through the power of person-to-person micro-lending.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Over the past five years, I've been amazed again and again at how micro-lending can help both women and men across the globe.
Premal Shah: Kiva.org and the Ripple Effects of Helping Women Premal Shah 2011
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Access to capital is crucial to the growth of new firms and micro-lending is especially important to help bolster the self-employed.
Kristie Arslan: Innovation Plus Job Creation = National Self-Employment Initiative Kristie Arslan 2011
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