two stories on how the global financial crisis will impact microfinance were released this week by reuters and the world bank . these reports are only the latest in a slew of reports and analyses on how microfinance will be impacted by the credit crisis ranging from extremely cautious pessimism to undaunted optimism. while these new reports remain mostly speculative with little documented ev...... [Show More]
microcapital has identified the following six microfinance pioneers individuals who have made longstanding contributions to the evolution and promotion of microfinance practices andor technology. while not all of these pioneers hail from latin america all have been instrumental to the development of microfinance in that region. these pioneers are alvaro davila of colombia joseph b...... [Show More]
in late october 35 microfinance institutions mfis and investment funds signed the client protection principles cpp a list of proconsumer principles and mandates that aims to become an industrywide standard for ensuring the fair treatment and financial protection of lowincome microfinance clients.a the cpp are part of a larger campaign launched in september of 2008 at th...... [Show More]
accion international a microfinance organization founded in 1961 launched a new hub office and training center in accra ghana with the aim to expand financial services for africas poorest populations. the new center will offer support to east and west african microfinance institutions mfis in the form of education and training to increase capacity. according to the press rele...... [Show More]
debate is good Post Source: www.microplaceblog.com Posted: Oct 28 2008 16:22:02
if you have been following microfinance lately you know of the roaring debate that has been going on. a compartamos a mexican microfinance lender that went public in april 2007 with 900000 borrowers symbolized one end of this spectrum with a promarket approach.a when accion an early investor in compartamos turned its 1m investments into 140m in the ipo wall street said hello micro...... [Show More]
source michael susan dell foundation .
mumbai india october 14 accion international through its accion gateway fund the michael susan dell foundation and the unitus equity fund uef announced investments in swadhaar finserve private limited a microfinance institution mfi operating in the slums of mumbai. the promoters of swadhaar finserve veena m...... [Show More]
by vicki flaugher ceo of smartwoman guides in celebration ofablog action day to discuss poverty and its solutions.
microfinancing according to wikipedia refers to the provision of financial services to poor or lowincome clients including consumers and the selfemployed. the term also refers to the practice of sustainably delivering those services.
more broadly it refers to...... [Show More]
the power of one Post Source: www.taxgirl.com Posted: Oct 15 2008 15:29:20
a number of years ago a chubby teenage girl from rural north carolina piled into a van with some friends and headed to the great city of new orleans. it was summer hot and humid even for those of us used to it. we were armed with craft supplies loads energy and great ideas we were going to lead day camps for kids. you see we figured we had a lot to teach them.
my classroom was a tiny...... [Show More]
today its blog action day. a day where we bloggers can start a worldwide conversation about poverty. we can change the world. my contribution to this conversation is a review of the websites of the best charities fighting against hunger and poverty according to the american institute of philantrophy . lets see if the excellent charities have excellent websites too.
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i have to confess i had a lot of fun writing this weeks newsletters. that is largely thanks to the conversations i had with margaret henningsen of legacy bank in milwaukee and gina harman of accion usa who offered some terrific inp...... [Show More]
last night i went to a reception for microbike usa and the one hen childrens book about microfinance.a the event was cohosted by wokai svmn and accion and featured the six microbikers who cycled across the usa to raise money for and awareness about microfinance along with one hen author katie milway smith.
it was a unique opportunity to further expand the mic...... [Show More]
weve been talking a lot about charitable orgs lately on taxgirl.com due in large part to a great session that i attended at blogher .
this week one of the bloggers on the business channel miki over at leadership turn gave us the heads up on an organization called any soldier that helps provide care packages and other items for our soldiers you can see more about what they ...... [Show More]
...of community development financial institutions www.cdfi.org
offers facts and figures on community investing
community investing center www.commun ityinvest. org
accion international www.accion.org
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taxpayer asks
dear taxgirl
i am confused. i saw your post about amazon.com and sales tax in new york. i live in new york. do i have to collect sales tax now for amazon what about my other affiliate sites help i think i am doing something wrong.
taxgirl says
the post that youre referring to is here .
it is confusing but thats because the position that new yor...... [Show More]
here is the first summary of the posts that gina and i posted over the last 24 hours. thank you to all of our guest bloggers we appreciate your support and your help to assist us with our journey through the great blog off.
if you missed the blogging marathon we did as a fundraiser for accion international i am going to post a summary over the next few days. i wanted to give you an opportuni..... [Show More]
if you want to make a donation to accion international in honor of the great blog off use this link .
you might also want to take into account a monthly donation or gift of stocks. here is a list of donation possibilities.
this great blog off has been very informative and interesting for me.aa i learned a lot about accion international and im glad i did.aa since i spend my tim...... [Show More]
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the business channel is supporting accion international for the great blog off. you can make a donation directly to accion httpwww .accion.or gb5media . donations are tax deductible.
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accion international does not have direct volunteer opportunities but they partner with vista. you can volunteer here .
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accion usa is seeking talented women and men interested in spending a year with us as americorpsvista entrepreneur corps volunteers. working in accion usas headquarters in boston or in our atlanta or miami lending offices vista volunteers will see microlen...... [Show More]
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and thank you to everyone who added comments.
if you liked what you read why not show some support by making a donation to accion httpwww .accion.or gb5media the benefit of the great blog off for the b5 business channel
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...lity in your community as well as show the community that you care. ps dont forget the great blog off benefit accion international. make your taxdeductible donation at httpwww .accion.or gb5media .
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