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Two Sides of the Same Coin: How India’s microfinance and health sectors can collaborate for greater impact
In countries like India, microfinance can be a valuable tool for providing the financing that the poor need to maintain their health. And for microfinance to achieve its goal of providing financial security to the poor, it has to address health security. Sabina Rogers of the Microcredit Summit Campaign describes how the two sectors could collaborate to expand health care access to hundreds of millions.
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- Education, Health Care
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How Abandoned Houses Are Creating a Golden Opportunity: An Interview With Antonio Díaz, Founder and CEO of Provive
Mexico experienced its own housing boom and bust. More than 7 million homes were constructed in the last decade, thanks in large part to government incentives. But the building wave left more than 600,000 abandoned homes, hot spots for drug abuse and vagrancy. Provive, a social impact enterprise that both renovates houses and revitalizes entire communities, is improving property values with an eye toward profit.
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- Uncategorized
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- interviews, lending
