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No Silver Bullet: While microfinance alone won’t end poverty, it is making an impact – so let’s re-focus it to serve the poor
The debate about microfinance is getting a little tedious, says Freedom from Hunger CEO Steve Hollingworth. Instead of arguing over whether microfinance alone is lifting most clients out of poverty (it’s not), we should be having a transparent discussion of its strengths and limitations.
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- Impact Assessment
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From Operating Rooms to Dust Tracks, Part 1: How a doctor found the ‘invisible poor,’ then founded an organization to help them
Dr. Shelly Batra had it all, including a job at a plush corporate hospital with the best equipment. But when she gathered her courage one day and entered a New Delhi slum, her life changed forever. She ended up returning to the slum time after time to treat the sick, and eventually that led to her "dream job" at Operation ASHA.
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- Education, Health Care
