CONTENT 1. What is microfinance? 2. NORAD’s principles and focus 3. Microfinance and Norwegian development cooperation 4. Principles for building pro-poor financial systems Annex 1: Microfinance and poverty reduction Annex 2: Microfinance market niches and approaches Annex 3: Background papers 1. What is microfinance? Microfinance can be defined as provision of a broad range of client-responsive financial services
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Long-term goals I have two long-term goals in mind for the next 5-10 years: (a) register to practice social work in South Africa‚ and (b) organize support groups for women there. When I left South Africa in 2002 to study in the United States‚ my interest was always to advance my education and experience in different social work programs which could benefit the communities of South Africa in the end. My ultimate goal is to go back to South Africa and work in collaboration with communities and social
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UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES FACULTY OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS THE IMPACT OF MICRO FINANCE BANKS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMES IN THE TAMALE METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY SINCE 2008. ALHASSAN SAWAL ABDUL-RAZAK (FAS/2016/08) JUNE 2012 DEDICATION I dedicate this work to my mother Iddrisu Sagyelpaga. i CERTIFICATION We certify that this work is being carried out independently by ALHASSAAN SAWAL ABDULRAZAK (FAS/2016/08) in the Department
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GENDER IN PROMOTING EDUCATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS Abstract Gender and gender considerations are crucial in modern development and the omission of gender in any plan‚ programme or activity is detrimental to the achievement of any set goals. In the same vein‚ gender has an important role to play in promoting education in the development process. Gender equality is central to sustainable development and the broader goal of gender equality is a societal goal to which education and all other institutions
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RURAL –URBAN LINKAGES‚ THEIR ROLE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. BY:LADYANGE INTRODUCTION Although policy makers and the development community have widely used the phrase “rural development. The concept of rural development has changed significantly during the last 3 decades. Until the 1970s‚ rural development was synonymous with agricultural development and‚ hence‚ focused on increasing agricultural production. This focus seems to have been driven primarily by the interests of industrialization
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The role of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in global civil society The UNDP is an example of global civil society. Analyse the meaning of global civil society and then critically examine the role of the UNDP in achieving the goal of economic‚ social and environmental sustainable development. Theoretical concepts: equality sustainable development Millennium Goals global civil society With the development of the Globalization and being shaped of the global governance
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Todaro defines development “as a multidimensional process involving major changes in social structures‚ popular attitudes‚ and national institutions‚ as well as the acceleration of economic growth‚ the reduction of inequality‚ and the eradication of absolute poverty. Development‚ in its essence‚ must represent the whole gamut of change by which an entire social system‚ tuned to the diverse basic needs and desires of individuals and social groups within that system‚ moves away from a condition of
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Economic Growth and Community Development -Nigerian Examples By John Paul Akinduro Post Graduate Diploma (Blended) Submitted to: The School of Media and Communication Pan Atlantic University‚ Lagos November 2013 Table of contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………3 Methodology…………………………………………………………………………….3 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………..4 What is Economic Growth………………………………………………………....4 What is Community Development………………………………………….…...4 What
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1: Creating Documents with Microsoft Word 2013 for Understanding Development Portfolio Section A: Choice between Practical Exercises Portfolio Section A: Choice between Practical Exercises on (Case study 1: Bhutan and Gross National Happiness) OR (Case study 2: Connecting Nangi) Now‚ in no more than a one page Word document (aim for around 500 words)‚ create a new list‚ once again prioritizing the MDGs and targets from development you would like to see in your country. However‚ this list should not
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EXAM PAPER 2011 Module: VI – International Development Assistance Name of course: Multilateral Development Banks and the Private Sector Milica Petruljeskov Rome‚ April‚ 2011 Part I: General Having in mind that the key mission of The World Bank (WB) is overcoming poverty and boosting economic growth in developing countries‚ the core question is whether this clear objective have lost its true meaning during the way. By looking at the WB lending activities it is evident that those
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