FRANCISCO JANUARY 2010 Microfinance in the Philippines uring the last few years‚ the volume of microfinance activity has grown considerably in the Philippines and an increasing number of financial institutions have engaged in retail microfinance operations. While this sector has been traditionally dominated by rural banks‚ non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and finance cooperatives‚ in 2009 a number of commercial banks sought entrance into the retail microfinance market. This Asia Focus report
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Study on GENDER EQUQLITY IN EDUCATION AND POVERTY REDUCTION Shanta Laxmi Shrestha Submitted to Assoc. Professor Mahesh Nath Parajuli‚ PhD Kathmandu University In partial fulfilment of the requirement of the course Educ 545 Theory and Practice in Education and Development M Phil (Development Studies) School of Education Kathmandu University Lalitpur May 2009 Word Count: 4564 Gender Equality in Education and Poverty Reduction Abstract This paper discusses the concept
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IMPROVING YOUTH ROLES IN POVERTY ERADICATION Poverty is one of the biggest problems that is faced by almost every nation world wide‚ including Indonesia. It is a clinched problem that is influenced by various factor such as income rate‚ access to education‚ public health services‚ environmental issues‚ and another basic needs. Eradicating poverty has always been discussed in both regional and international meeting and conferences‚ yet there is no suitable approach can be found to fight against
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and techniques used throughout documentaries that help persuade the audience. By comparing two documentaries we can see the different techniques used to position the audience to think what the director thinks. The documentary Penicillin: the magic bullet is about the creation of the drug we used today called Penicillin. The scandals and drama surrounding the creation of the drug also helps to lure the viewers in to watch the movie. The Documentary Bowling for Columbine is about the student massacre
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Ariana Ruela POSC 340 Dr. Adams October 5‚ 2011 Advancing Poverty Reduction Progress in Cambodia After Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia was brought to an end in September of 1989‚ the country attempted to rid itself of a corrupt government and of poverty. With the help of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)‚ Cambodia was able to hold elections and begin a journey of economic development and poverty reduction. While on the surface the coalition government‚ a multiparty democracy
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Direct impact of FDI on poverty reduction FDI’s direct impacts on poverty may work through providing opportunities‚ particularly providing jobs and training to local workers. To the extent that foreign capital inflows do not replace local investment absolutely and foreign investment takes the mode of green- field investment FDI may contribute to reducing existing unemployment and underemployment‚ providing people with income and therefore directly contributing to poverty reduction. In this sense FDI’s
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Why was the discovery of ‘magic bullets’ a turning point in medicine? A magic bullet is a chemical drug that kills germs of a specific disease without harming the rest of the body. In the 1890’s‚ the first several compounds of magic bullets discovered (used to treat syphilis‚ malaria and sleeping sickness) can be described to be a turning point in medicine; this is because the magic bullets began the breakthrough to cure disease‚ instead of preventing the disease with vaccinations and inoculations
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Microfinance is usually understood to entail the provision of financial services to micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses‚ which lack access to banking and related services due to the high transaction costs associated with serving these client categories. For some‚ microfinance is a movement whose object is "a world in which as many poor and near-poor households as possible have permanent access to an appropriate range of high quality financial services‚ including not
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a full course of primary schooling if there is any help that government must do they should do for example to pay school fees to those who do not have money to pay school fees especially those who are staying in rural areas. 2 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Targets: By 2010-2020 the proportion of people whose income is less than USD1 a day must change and also people who suffer from hunger to be helped by government. 3 Health Targets: TO Improve health and also to provide medical facilities
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What is microfinance? Microfinance typically refers to a range of financial services including credit‚ savings‚ insurance‚ money transfers‚ and other financial products provided by different services providers‚ targeted at poor and low income people. More broadly‚ microfinance refers to a movement that envisions a world in which low-income households have permanent access to a range of high quality and affordable financial services offered by a range of retail providers to finance income-producing
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