For thousands at the edge of poverty in Santa Clara County, the gap between being housed and unhoused is as little as $350. A ...
Toronto, ON, May 14, 2008 – The MasterCard Foundation launched its Scholars Program today by awarding grants totaling $600,000 to six leading microfinance training institutes. The program will fund ...
A decade ago, Unitus set out to accelerate the commercial investment in microfinance—to prove that banks and other investors could earn a return on their loans while helping impoverished people move ...
In the first year of the Schwab Charitable Microfinance Guarantee Program, donors set aside $10-million from their gift funds to guarantee small loans to poor entrepreneurs in developing countries. As ...
In Tijuana’s red-light district, thousands of women rely on sex work to survive. A study led by researchers at San Diego State University finds a program that combines economic support and education ...
The FINANCIAL — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide an additional $50 million in assistance for a successful microfinance program which is supporting growth and employment opportunities for ...