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The government of Tamil Nadu also supports the Sri Lankan refugees with a monthly grant of Rs 1,000 (Euros 15) to every individual. (Credit: EC/ECHO Arjun Claire/flickr)

25 November 2015 1 Even more evidence that welfare doesn’t make people lazy

Evidence continues to pile up against the notion that giving poor people money discourages them from working. A new analysis…

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A farmer collecting coffee beans in the mountainous Nueva Segovia department of Nicaragua.

22 October 2014 0 Twenty years of making microfinance, or whatever you want to call it, work

Today in Seattle, an organization called Global Partnerships celebrates two decades of helping people rise up out of poverty through…

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18 November 2010 2 Don’t be too quick to blame politicians, or the poor, for India’s microfinance crisis

As loyal readers of this blog know, I’ve been watching and reporting on the increasing turmoil in the Indian microfinance…