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      <description>The three-day Asian Microfinance Forum 2010 wrapped up bringing to a close three full days of conferences, panel sessions and seminars all of which were well attended by almost 500 delegates from 50 countries who were in Colombo for the event as well as many local industrialists, bankers and other interested parties.&lt;img width="0" height="0" src="http://avgo.org/blog/aggbug.ashx?id=74ef18bd-259a-4929-a349-4318d538cf8b"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;hr/&gt;This weblog is sponsored by &lt;a href="http://www.avgo.org"&gt;Avgo &lt;/a&gt;. </description>
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      <description>Jewish &amp; Palestinian Students Unite to Answer Obama’s Call to Action in Cairo by Launching Lending Site to Empower Entrepreneurs in the Middle East.&lt;img width="0" height="0" src="http://avgo.org/blog/aggbug.ashx?id=32355f66-369c-45c9-a28a-d05a64ed816c"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;hr/&gt;This weblog is sponsored by &lt;a href="http://www.avgo.org"&gt;Avgo &lt;/a&gt;. </description>
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      <title>UAE: First Microfinance Unit in Oman  </title>
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      <description>The first microfinance project in Oman is to be launched by PlaNet Finance UAE to give financial assistance to entrepreneurs.&lt;img width="0" height="0" src="http://avgo.org/blog/aggbug.ashx?id=3ae6ca0b-74d5-4af0-b15a-94d3039b3050"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;hr/&gt;This weblog is sponsored by &lt;a href="http://www.avgo.org"&gt;Avgo &lt;/a&gt;. </description>
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      <title>French Economist Jacques Attali Underscores Role of Micro-Finance in Efforts at Reducing Poverty</title>
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      <description>Planet Finance President, Jacques Attali, on Monday, March 30, 2009, in Tunis, Tunisia, said that micro-finance could seriously help cushion the impact of the global financial crisis on Africa. Mr. Attali made the statement during a presentation chaired by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka.&lt;img width="0" height="0" src="http://avgo.org/blog/aggbug.ashx?id=44f6a9d3-996f-4476-84c7-f17eda5b14aa"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;hr/&gt;This weblog is sponsored by &lt;a href="http://www.avgo.org"&gt;Avgo &lt;/a&gt;. </description>
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      <description>Pfizer Inc and PlaNet Finance announced that they will team up to conduct an in-depth research project on the healthcare needs of the working poor in China. The study will examine the availability and existing sources of medicines, patient purchasing patterns, and the level of access to medical services. The study ultimately aims to help both organizations identify models that may enhance and expand access to medicines and healthcare services for the working poor in China.&lt;img width="0" height="0" src="http://avgo.org/blog/aggbug.ashx?id=7afb6e8e-6432-4c47-8725-b278f6e8e67c"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;hr/&gt;This weblog is sponsored by &lt;a href="http://www.avgo.org"&gt;Avgo &lt;/a&gt;. </description>
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      <description>Welcome to this blog about Microfinance, Innovations and Sustainable Development&lt;img width="0" height="0" src="http://avgo.org/blog/aggbug.ashx?id=1ae6a7e2-8bf5-488d-88d1-b6a5bbb08ab6"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;hr/&gt;This weblog is sponsored by &lt;a href="http://www.avgo.org"&gt;Avgo &lt;/a&gt;. </description>
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