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Peace Nobel for Bangladesh's micro-credit pioneer

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2006 was awarded to Muhammad Yunus, the 66-year-old Bangladeshi behind the Grameen Movement micro-banking system that has helped millions in his homeland, it was announced......

India matters more than ever: Hillary Clinton

On January 20, 2009, the next president will take the oath of office and face unprecedented challenges starting on day one. Our economy is faltering. Our health care system is in crisis. And our......

The scientist who runs the world's most cost-efficient microfinance firm

Dr Tara Thiagarajan is the chairperson and managing director of the Rs 200-crore (Rs 2 billion) Madura Micro Finance Ltd. She is also the director of Microcredit Foundation of India. MMFL works......

Nobel laureate Yunus stashed away $100 million?

Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been accused of stashing some $100 million originally for microcredit operations of his Grameen Bank to his another venture in 1996, breaching......

Lessons from recession and the road ahead

Looking inward, innovating for the Indian market, and IT-led innovation to make possible no-frills accounts and microfinance loans will be key elements of the medium-term strategy for corporate......

Microfinance bodies: India tops Forbes list

After billionaires and household names like Ambanis and Mittals, it is the turn of little-known microfinance institutions from India to hit the pages of famed magazine Forbes, which has named seven......

Microcredit: A billion bootstraps

Microenterprises are small-scale versions of the same types of businesses found in developed countries. Twenty hens and a coop constructed from scrap material become a poultry enterprise. A produce......

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Q. then why we are not producing another sn bose or tagore?in last 30 years the likes of subhas mukherjee,mother teresa,amartya sen,microcredit pioneer md yunuus had emerged all whose work had won nobel(unfortunately though dr mukherjee had to commit suicide long ago but nobel was awarded in 2010 to british physician edwards ).but still i must admit that we have not produced anyone like renaissance personality like tagore,jc bose,swami vivekananda.is it the vice like grip of failed ideology among commom mass or completely due to poltical failures since 1960's?
Sampan Chakraborty: A. more

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Q. How do micro finance institution redue poverty?
Sampan Chakraborty: A. Microfinance is the provision of financial services to low-income clients or solidarity lending groups including consumers and the self-employed,...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/how-do-micro-finance-institution-redue-poverty/22396815/answers/20875395

Q. Venezuela has produced the largest number of Miss Universe & Miss World winners. What is the reason?
Ravinder: A. Venezuela has some great statistics to show : 88 percent (2003 estimate) Life expectancy : 74.5 years (2006 estimate) Literacy rate 94 percent...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/venezuela-has-produced-the-largest-number-of-miss-universe-a/20875367/answers/15591306

Q. What is defination of microfinance
Good Citizen: A. Microfinance refers to the provision of financial services to poor or low-income clients, including consumers and the self-employed.The term also...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-defination-of-microfinance/15589707/answers/13530209

Q. What is the defenation of Micro Finance?
: A. It is the provision of financial services to poor or low-income clients, including consumers and the self-employed and the practice of sustainably...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-the-defenation-of-micro-finance/13530008/answers/12745651

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MFIN

The conference was aimed at bringing together investors and RBI-regulated NBFC-microfinance institutions (NBFC-MFIs) to discuss and explore... ...

http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/Microfinance-sector-on-the-rise;-regains-faith-of-investors-MFIN/5689972057

Owaisi Attack on Congress &...

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday lambasted the Congress led government at the... ...

http://www.siasat.com/english/news/owaisi-attack-congress-ncp-aurangabad

Acknowledging micro-credit experiment is real homage to late SM Naseem

Several citizens paid their condolence to former Director General of Police (DGP) UP late SM Naseem, IPS in form of a presentation on a... ...

http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/c/33039/f/533985/s/2c0cf224/l/0Ltimesofindia0Bindiatimes0N0Ccity0Clucknow0CAcknowledging0Emicro0Ecredit0Eexperiment0Eis0Ereal0Ehomage0Eto0Elate0ESM0ENaseem0Carticleshow0C20A10A55490Bcms/story01.htm

Women's Contribution Underplayed In Society

Author Ranjana Padhi speaks to BW | Businessworld's Jinoy Jose P. on her latest book Those That Did Not Die, which discuss farmer suicides and the... ...

http://www.businessworld.in/web/guest/storypage?storyUrl=‘women’s-contribution-underplayed-in-society’&CategoryID=37533&articleId=867701&version=1.1&journalArticleId=868070

Accion's Venture Lab invests in financial inclusion startup Varthana

In its roadmap for Asia, Accion has listed several plans for India where more impact investments and micro-credit standardisation programmes are... ...

http://www.vccircle.com/news/alternative-investment/2013/05/07/accion%E2%80%99s-venture-lab-invests-financial-inclusion-startup

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Peace Nobel for Bangladesh's micro-credit pioneer

India matters more than ever: Hillary Clinton

The scientist who runs the world's most cost-efficient microfinance firm

Nobel laureate Yunus stashed away $100 million?

Lessons from recession and the road ahead

Microfinance bodies: India tops Forbes list

Microcredit: A billion bootstraps

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