It’s hard to actually follow the advice of the slogan to “Visualize World Peace.” But below is a pretty cool video that allows you visualize reducing poverty — or at least watch microloans flying all over the world.
Thanks to David Roodman at the Center for Global Development for pointing this out (and for noting that Kiva’s microfinance program is not quite as advertised. But this video at least gives you a good sense of how popular these micro-loans have become … and it’s fun to watch. I think they could’ve picked better music, however. The William Tell Overture?):