KIVA – Alleviating Poverty Through Lending
KIVA is a non-profit organisation that creates worldwide networks of microfinance institutions to alleviate poverty.
MICROFINANCE: DOWN BUT NOT OUT
A nuanced view of microfinance from the director of BRAC, one of the world's earliest and largest microcredit providers.
Argentina – Nisman murder still a mystery
A fascinating article by a US investigative journalist argues convincingly that Nisman was not murdered because he had irrefutable proof that Iran and the Argentina government were covering up those behind the AMIA bombing.
Inter-American Development Bank Report on Microfinance in Latin America and the...
A new report on microfinance in Latin America and the Caribbean shows that the sector is growing strongly.
Venezuela’s wealth is being plundered
The political stalemate in Venezuela leaves the country wide open to plunder by international creditors, banks and vulture funds. Meanwhile, the country cannot spend its own money to combat Covid-19.