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How does microfinance help the poor? FAQ
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| Experience shows that microfinance can help the poor to increase income, build viable businesses, and reduce their vulnerability to external shocks. It can also be a powerful instrument for self-empowerment by enabling the poor, especially women, to become economic agents of change.
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African Economic Performance in 2004: A Promise of Things to Come?
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| Against a backdrop of sustained global growth and high commodity prices, Africa has experienced its best
economic performance in many years. While recent economic performance is not merely driven by favourable
external factors, African economies still lack proper “shock-absorbers” to withstand internal (e.g. drought and
floods, political instability, HIV-Aids, etc.) and external (e.g. volatility of commodity prices and exchange rates)
shocks alike. They remain strongly vulnerable. In this context, creating the conditions for the development
of indigenous drivers of economic activity (starting with a thriving local private sector) is a top priority. |
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African Reforms are essential to Boost Private-sector Development and Improve Governance
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ability of African policy makers to diversify their economies.
Boosting the private sector and improving economic and
political governance are crucial. |
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No Time for Cold Feet
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| Sometimes getting ahead means initial shocks and challenges to your system. And then you can really push on to make progress. |
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Employee Motivation, Don Imus, and Team Building: Five Secrets of Motivated Teams
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| Don Imus, a shock jock (someone who shocks their listening audience by saying outrageous statements), was fired from his jobs on WCBS radio and MSNBC television for crossing the line of decency and making racist and sexist remarks regarding the Rutgers University women's basketball team. From a team building and employee motivational point of view, there are tidbits of motivational wisdom to be learned from this situation. |
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A Little Thing Called Trust
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| We take matters of trust for granted, so when someone betrays our trust it shocks us. Once we've lost faith is it possible to rebuilt trust? |
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OMG, My Bank Account Is Frozen, What Do I Do?
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| During the recent turmoil in Egypt and in Japan, we are reminded that in our modern society, there is a deep dependency on our gov’t, various grids, and infrastructure systems, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post is it will reveal that we all need to create an environment of sustainability to withstand natural, and man-made, shocks to the system?
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