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The Citi Foundation Citigroups GrantMaking Arm Pledges USD 100000 to PlanetFinances Microfinance Training Programme in Middle East and North Africa
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| The Citi Foundation, the grant-making foundation of international financial services firm Citigroup, has pledged a USD 100,000 grant to PlaNet Finance, the French non-profit company that assists microfinance institutions (MFIs), towards the development of a microfinance training curriculum in Arabic. This will be aimed at MFIs in seven Arab countries and delivered through 50 course modules designed to provide them with skills in human resources, planning and strategy, products, accounting, supervision and finance. There will be five-day training sessions in Casablanca, Cairo, Beirut, Amman, Ramallah, Damascus and Sana’a over the next three years. |
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3.3 Conclusion: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| It is expected that the recent renewed global attention to the problems of developing
countries will contribute to redressing the trends towards marginalization of these
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Facts about SMEs in Africa
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| Very few countries have working definitions of SMEs, except some members of UEMOA/WAEMU and Mauritius and
Morocco. So data on this is hard to compare, though patterns can be seen and countries can be ranked by extent of
SME activity: |
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The Citi Foundation Citigroups GrantMaking Arm Pledges USD 100000 to PlanetFinances Microfinance Training Programme in Middle East and North Africa
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| The Citi Foundation, the grant-making foundation of international financial services firm Citigroup, has pledged a USD 100,000 grant to PlaNet Finance, the French non-profit company that assists microfinance institutions (MFIs), towards the development of a microfinance training curriculum in Arabic. This will be aimed at MFIs in seven Arab countries and delivered through 50 course modules designed to provide them with skills in human resources, planning and strategy, products, accounting, supervision and finance. There will be five-day training sessions in Casablanca, Cairo, Beirut, Amman, Ramallah, Damascus and Sana’a over the next three years. |
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SME's - Africa versus the Far East
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Market access: Provisions of Agreement on Agriculture
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| An often-mentioned problem of developing countries’ agricultural export has been the lack
of access to developed countries' markets, due to the institution of a myriad of import
controls and other restrictions. This has largely undermined the growth prospects of
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Export Subsidies by Developed Countries: Barriers to African External Trade
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| While advocates of liberalization in the economies of the developing countries have
called for reduction in subsidies, the high levels of subsidies in developed countries have
increased significantly especially in the OECD countries. |
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Youth and Entrepreneurship: Part 1
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| Participants disagreed over the notion that "entrepreneurs are born, not made." They debated "if youth is a condition of age or mindset." They disputed whether "governments role is to create an enabling environment" for business, or "just get out of the way." But they all agreed these forces must work in concert in the Arab world, and fast.
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Preparing for the Pinch in 2011
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| Great Britain was once of the lowest VAT charging countries in Europe, but thanks to the emergency Budget it will soon rise to 20%. But what exactly is VAT, what is it charged on and how does it compare to other countries? |
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Dixie Cream Donut Co (US) Awards Middle East Franchise Rights
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| 05 Jan 2011 - Tulsa-based Beautiful Brands signed a deal with a company in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to put Dixie Cream Donut Co. stores in Iraq, Syria, Qatar, Jordan and the UAE. |
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You Will Notice What We Tell You To Notice!
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| Just the other day... months and months after the fact... the venerable Washington Post reported that, though it went "largely unnoticed" at the time, Islamicists were at the center of the "Arab Spring" revolutions earlier this year, including the more recent regime change in Libya.... |
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