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August 24th, 2010

FTT: the landscape of microfinance in Peru

Like Bolivia, Peru is truly a country of microfinance. But although the principles of microfinance have always existed there, it was not until the 1980s, and especially in the first years of the new millennium, that the sector really began to take off, alongside a genuine “boom” in the Peruvian economy. Today there are over [...]

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June 28th, 2010

FTT: 2 Micro-entrepreneur Success Stories

Accompanied by FIE Gran Poder employees, we spent a day in a number of underprivileged districts of Buenos Aires, where we met two micro-entrepreneurs. [...]

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May 6th, 2010

FTT: New Zealand by Bike

From the start, we’ve thought of New Zealand as a turning point in our world tour. From now on, each step will bring us closer and closer to home. It’s already been six months, or half of the scheduled duration of our trip, since we began our tour in Nepal.
We’re also leaving – for the [...]

FTT : interviews with Filipino micro entrepreneurs

Ms. Tan’s story is a striking example of the success of microfinance. In 2001 she borrowed 6,000 pesos (€ 100) from Proximity to develop a small business in crushed ice, which she sells to markets in the south of Manila.
Faced with growing demand for delivering ice to these markets, she and her husband took out loans [...]

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March 12th, 2010

FTT: Cambodia, advantages and limits of microfinance

We continue on to the “Island of Silk,” on the Mekong River, with a loan officer from the MFI “Maxima” to meet three of its microentrepreneur customers. The situation here seems less precarious than in the rundown neighbourhoods we visited yesterday. [...]

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January 18th, 2010

FTT: Laos, a different vision of microfinance

In crossing the border that separates Thailand from Laos, we were prepared for a journey beyond the bounds of the ordinary. We quickly came to realise that, even within the Asia that we are just starting to get to know, Laos is a land apart.
After crossing the border, we travelled by bicycle to Vientiane (20 [...]

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