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A Call for Action in Latin America
Today’s main headline in the online version of El Tiempo, Colombia’s largest newspaper, reads as follows: “Government abandonment and malnutrition ramble in Choc?, where 17 children starved to death"In a couple of hours, another headline will replace Choc?’s tragedy...
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Micro-loans and Macro-expectations
Via NextBillion ally Reuben Abraham, I was pointed to James Surowiecki’s recent article, What Microloans Miss in The New Yorker.Surowiecki points out that while microfinance does a tremendous amount of good, there are also real limits to what it can accomplish. With over $25 billions of...
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