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Color Scheme Designer 3 on 2009-11-27
Kiva - About Microfinance on 2009-11-17
- Microfinance helps very poor households meet basic needs and protect against
  risks;
  The use of financial services by low-income households is associated with
  improvements in household economic welfare and enterprise stability or growth;
  By supporting women's economic participation, microfinance helps to empower
  women, thus promoting gender-equity and improving household well-being;
  For almost all significant impacts, the magnitude of impact is positively
  related to the length of time that clients have been in the programme."
- Microcredit may be inappropriate where conditions pose severe challenges to
  standard microcredit methodologies. Populations that are geographically
  dispersed or nomadic may not be suitable microfinance candidates. Microfinance
  may not be appropriate for populations with a high incidence of debilitating
  illnesses (e.g., HIV/AIDS). Dependence on a single economic activity or single
  agricultural crop, or reliance on barter rather than cash transactions may pose
  problems. The presence of hyperinflation, or absence of law and order may stress
  the ability of microfinance to operate. Microcredit is also much more difficult
  when laws and regulations create significant barriers to the sustainability of
  microfinance providers (for example, by mandating interest-rate caps).
Kiva - About Microfinance on 2009-11-17
- "Microfinance is the supply of loans, savings, and other basic financial
  services to the poor." (CGAP)
  
  As the financial services of microfinance usually involve small amounts of
  money – small loans, small savings etc. – the term "microfinance" helps to
  differentiate these services from those which formal banks provide.
  
  Why are they small? Someone who doesn't have a lot of money isn't likely to
  want to take out a $5,000 loan, or be able to open a savings account with an
  opening balance of $1,000. Hence – "micro".
CIA - The World Factbook -- Honduras on 2009-11-16
- The economy relies heavily on a narrow range of exports, notably bananas and
  coffee, making it vulnerable to natural disasters and shifts in commodity
  prices;
Kenya, Country Profile at UCLA African Studies Center on 2009-11-16
- A severe drought from 1999 to 2000 compounded Kenya's problems, causing water
  and energy rationing and reducing agricultural output.
  - Mrs. Cassinelli on 2009-11-16
    
    Severe drought conditions and political corruption has limited Kenya's economic growth
- note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects
  of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy,
  higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and
  changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be
  expected (July 2008 est.)
The Excel IF Function on 2009-11-12
- The Excel IF function tests a user-defined condition and returns one result if
  the condition is true, and another result if the condition is false.
Valley Catholic School on 2009-11-12
Kiva - What Is Kiva? on 2009-11-10
- When you browse entrepreneurs' profiles on Kiva, choose someone to lend to, and
  then make a loan, you are helping a real person make great strides towards
  economic independence and improve life for themselves, their family, and their
  community.
Diigolet | Diigo on 2009-11-10
How To Make Google Wave Notify You Of Updates Via Gmail on 2009-11-02

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