Archive for August, 2007

Lending a shared interest to South Africa

(August 8th, 2007)

The subprime mortgage meltdown is making it harder for nearly everyone to get loans, which makes a particular group of Massachusetts lenders all the more unusual. Gretchen Wilson reports.

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stories   audio   South Africa   Marketplace   agriculture   economy   microfinance   small business

Darfur’s Camel Traders

(August 5th, 2007)

One profession that has managed to avoid much of the bloodshed in war-torn Sudan is camel trading. Camel traders spend much of the year traveling from one part of Sudan to another — along ancient migration routes traveled by their ancestors for centuries. They pass through the calmer areas of the Darfur region where violence […]

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stories   audio   Sudan   agriculture   Darfur   trade   economy   small business   World Vision Report