U.N. plan helps poor get home loans
(April 3rd, 2009)
A new plan from the United Nations’ housing agency may help the poor get home loans. Gretchen Wilson reports on how the program may work.
Tags » microfinance
Pig donations bring home the bacon
(December 24th, 2007)
In some parts of Lesotho, annual income is $100 a year. But a $195 donation can buy a family an income-generating piglet that can boost that income substantially. Gretchen Wilson reports.
‘Oh, so I was in an abusive relationship’
(August 27th, 2007)
A South African group has added a twist to its mircofinancing practice by providing additional training to its entrepreneurs — which is allowing some women to say “no” to their husbands for the first time. Gretchen Wilson reports.
Now Africa turns to microsaving
(August 9th, 2007)
Women make up 80 percent of Africa’s subsistence farmers and food traders, but most have nowhere to save what little money they earn. One group has an idea to help change that: an African women’s bank. Gretchen Wilson has details.
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.
