Elections are being held again in the UK on December 12, 2019. Parliament has been dissolved and the country is divided about a Deal or No Deal Brexit. The coutry\’s Political parties are hoping that the people will un-lock Parliaments handicap. Johnson\’s Conservative Party is hoping to win a clear majority in this election so […]
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If someone from the 18th Century were to come and visit your home today, they would probably be aghast at what they found. Contemporary furniture is nothing like it was in bygone eras, and the time-traveling visitor would most likely assume that we have all become impoverished. Whereas furniture in previous centuries was made from
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Bandhan began as a small economic non-profit in West Bengal, India. Its mission: alleviate poverty. Its founders believed that the best way to accomplish this mission would be to open up avenues of economical empowerment to disadvantaged women. This way, they reasoned, these women would not only lift themselves up out of poverty, but would
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Is Fintech Opening The Financial Markets up to Risk? The Financial Stability Review (SFR) this year saw the Central Bank Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) highlight potential consequences of fintech innovations. Known as a country with lenient regulations and strong support from its government, Singapore has fast become a fintech pioneer. But while these innovations
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Microfinance is getting quite some attention nowadays for both positive and negative reasons. Some say it can be a solution to address poverty or to facilitate financial inclusion. Others opine that it creates more problems for low-income people, by serving as a debt trap. As far as investment is concerned, though, it’s fairly easy to
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The Association of Microfinance Institutions in Rwanda (AMIR) is reportedly planning to adopt technology to improve services. This move is expected to address customer complaints more efficiently and reduce the challenges confronting the microfinance sector. AMIR senior programs manager Jean Pierre Uwizeye, in a report on The New Times (English daily in Rwanda), said that
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On a truly global level, but especially in developing regions, Microfinance is allowing creative people with limited financial means of their own to turn their business ideas into living realities. Microfinancing is therefore providing an excellent solution to the all-too-well-known problem of how someone who has an excellent idea for a business but lacks funding
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It’s hard to pin down how a painting is conjured into existence. It starts with a microscopic dot of inspiration that begins swirling around in the back of the artist’s mind before coming to life in a psychedelic explosion of creativity. Whether the finished art piece is a colorful abstract display or a somber street
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Enabling entrepreneurs to grow-out of low-income situations by helping them build their business can stimulate economic growth on a national level. However, all over the world, and especially in developing countries, there are people who have great business ideas, but no means to develop them. They are found ineligible for conventional business loans, fail to
