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Oikocredit works in 67 countries, mostly across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Many Oikocredit investors want to experience first-hand the work of Oikocredit. Ueli Burkhalter, investor and board member of Oikocredit support association Deutsche Schweiz recently returned from Central America where he visited several Oikocredit offices, partners and end-clients. We spoke with Ueli… Read more »

To go to Mongolia and receive the award for CEO of the Year last May was a proud moment for me. Thank you ADFIAP for this huge honor. Such recognition is particularly important for public servants, especially for us in Pag-IBIG Fund. We are a state-run institution but our programs and daily operations are funded… Read more »

November, 2013: Bitten Hogh from Yunnan Danyun Fair Trade Company, Limited, received a “2013 you bring charm to China” award from United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Tianjing Television for her work with the Threads of Yunnan project and the outstanding contribution this project has made to the lives of people in rural Yunnan. Bitten… Read more »

7 December 2013 (Brussels) – The World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed last night in Bali a package of measures, possibly…

The problem of informality represents one of the major challenges in the fight against poverty. To address this issue, the traditional response has often been to apply Western entrepreneurial rationality to informal actors and consider small informal productive units as pre-capitalist firms whose growth potential can be realized, it is supposed, by providing them with… Read more »

Homeoner Miguel Rodriguez, right, carrying a panel with a member of Green City Force Oct 7, 2013 – Residential solar power has become increasingly affordable over the past few years as an environmentally friendly, cost-saving alternative to traditionally sources of energy. But the barriers to entry can still be too high for low-income communities, which… Read more »

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7:45am, it is time to meet Mitos Urgel, the executive director of WEAVE: we have a busy day ahead of us. With her traditional hat and embroidered shoes, we can’t be wrong! Soon we meet the staff that will accompany us during our visit: Tonette Guillermo, the managing director, Cynthia Law and Kawkaw, assistant director… Read more »

  In Thailand, Fair Trade is closely interrelated with the traditions and handicrafts of the Northern Tribes.     For more information, check the work done by these organizations: ThaiCraft Fair Trade (http://www.thaicraft.org/) Thai Tribal Crafts Fair Trade (http://www.ttcrafts.co.th/) WEAVE – Women’s Education for Education and Empowerment (http://www.weave-women.org/)

Language English Every now and then members of staff of the GLS Bank visit projects the bank or the foundation financed. But this journey was somewhat out of the common: Ten GLS Bank employees had to fly 18 hours until they reached their destination: Kenya. The 11 day trip was greatly supported by Andreas Neukirch,… Read more »

The GLS Bank was honored this fall with the award “Bank of the Year” – for the fourth time in a row. The prize was awarded by its customers following an online-survey conducted by the German tv-news station, n-tv. More than 18.000 bank clients participated and evaluated close to 30 banks. The participants voted on… Read more »

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The ADFIAP Board of Directors held its 78th meeting on December 3-4, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. The 2-day event afforded the15 Board members and their proxies to visit/meet with the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) which provided the meeting venue; the Asian Development Bank (ADB) which briefed the Board on the Bank’s current thrusts… Read more »

The ADFIAP Board, in its 78th Meeting on December 3, 2013 in Manila, Philippines, has granted the Honorary Membership to Mr. Nihal Fonseka who retired recently as General Manager & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the DFCC Bank, Sri Lanka. Mr. Fonseka has served ADFIAP for eleven (11) years as Board of Director representing the… Read more »

The ADFIAP Board, in its meeting on December 3, 2013 in Manila, Philippines, has approved the endorsement to the General Assembly of a Board seat for the Vnesheconombank (VEB) representing Russia. Under the ADFIAP Constitution, the ADFIAP Board of Directors is to be composed of not more than (30) members from voting members of good… Read more »