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	<title>ONE &#187; Microcredit/Microfinance</title>
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		<title>Banking on women</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/08/11/banking-on-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora Coghlan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Microcredit/Microfinance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple weeks ago, the Tanzania Women’s Bank opened its doors for business in the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam.  According to the East African, the bank is the first of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa, where the World Bank estimates that women own 48 percent of enterprises but have the hardest time accessing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Returning to his Roots: Banking for the Poor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/07/16/returning-to-his-roots-banking-for-the-poor-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ONE.Partners</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Microcredit/Microfinance]]></category>
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Opportunity International President and CEO Kadita,” A.T.” Tshibaka (right) talks with entrepreneur Kabuika Valentine about her business and her family. Kadita was born in the DRC and recently returned to the country to advance Opportunity’s plan to bring microfinance services to the Congolese people who are living in poverty.
Having grown up in the Democratic Republic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banking for the Poor in the Democratic Republic of Congo</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/06/30/banking-for-the-poor-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ONE.Partners</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Microcredit/Microfinance]]></category>
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Women pack up their businesses at the end of the day at the crowded Grand Marche market in Kinshasa, Congo
The Grand Marche market in Kinshasa brims with tens of thousands of vendors. To the untrained eye, the market is full of chaos and confusion. To those who dare to look past the sea of people, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Crisis Taking A Toll on Microfinance Clients</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/06/06/food-crisis-taking-a-toll-on-microfinance-clients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ONE.Partners</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Microcredit/Microfinance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Opportunity International]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The food crisis is taking its toll on Opportunity&#8217;s microfinance clients.  Opportunity International is one of the largest and oldest microfinance networks, and I&#8217;ve seen first-hand how a small business loan or a safe place to save hard-earned money can make a big difference in keeping food on the table for the poor.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Takes Money to Make Money&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/05/13/it-takes-money-to-make-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/05/13/it-takes-money-to-make-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 21:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hermione Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[May Mozambique Trip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microcredit/Microfinance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It takes money to make money, but poor people in Mozambique don&#8217;t have access to credit. Commercial banks don&#8217;t want to lend to them because there is no incentive in lending tiny amounts of money in such high-risk, isolated areas.  Today, I visited Matola province in Mozambique. I met with Opportunity International, an incredible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microfinance in Uganda</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/03/11/microfinance-in-uganda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Simmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FINCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microcredit/Microfinance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ONE Staff Africa Trip]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several members of ONE&#8217;s staff are traveling through Uganda and Rwanda this week. I just received an email from ONE&#8217;s Margaret McDonnell who met with beneficiaries of a Kampala, Uganda microfinance program today.
Before her email, a little background on microfinance: 
Because it is often difficult to find paying jobs in poor countries, many people earn [...]]]></description>
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