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Microcredit plays a role in Haiti

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Newsweek reports on how microfinance is playing its part in the Haiti earthquake disaster relief.
A microlender was able to distribute cash in Haiti much more quickly than traditional banks.
How microcredit can play a larger role in disaster recovery.
Hollywood couldn’t have done it better. Late in the afternoon on Jan. 22, an armored car packed with [...]

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L&T Finance to expand microfinance business

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Buoyed by the success rate of its microfinance business in the rural areas of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, L&T Finance, the financial services arm of Larsen & Toubro, is set to expand to Gujarat and Orissa over the next three months.
A team of microfinance professionals at L&T Retail Finance Group, which is [...]

Video – Roundtable Session on Client Protection

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The roundtable session on client protection was one of the many interesting sessions which took place during European Microfinance Week 2009.
http://www.e-mfp.eu/node/231

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