Expanding Your Microfinance World View
Posted in Featured News on Jul 9th, 2011
Press Release No:2011/015/AFR JUBA/WASHINGTON, July 9, 2011—The World Bank Group congratulates the authorities and citizens of South Sudan on the birth of their new nation in application of the overwhelming vote for national sovereignty during the peaceful Referendum in January 2011. “This is a wonderful, historic moment for the people of South Sudan, and the [...]
Posted in Featured News on Jan 10th, 2011
10 January 2011 [PressRelease] World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick arrives in India tomorrow on a four-day visit aimed at strengthening co-operation with the country as it aims to accelerate growth to provide better infrastructure and efficient social services for its people. “India’s return to high levels of growth is helping the global economy [...]
Posted in Featured News on Nov 17th, 2010
17 November 2010 [Syminvest] According to a World Bank study released at the end of 2009, Lebanon’s net micro-loan portfolio stands at roughly $50 million, with the estimated number of active clients ranging between 38,000 and 55,700. The World Bank highlights a stark disparity between those figures and the number of eligible borrowers which stands [...]
Posted in Featured News on Nov 17th, 2010
17 November 2010 [WorldBank PressRelease] The World Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched a new effort to better understand how the world’s poor save, borrow and make payments. Through an $11 million, 10-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank’s Development Research Group will, for the first [...]
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