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The “Domino Effect” of Disbursing a Single Microloan

Society Development Committee, or SDC, based in Faridpur, Bangladesh, is a microfinance partner of the Feed the Future Bangladesh Livestock and Nutrition Activity, funded by USAID and implemented by ACDI/VOCA. Through this partnership, thousands of people working in Bangladesh’s livestock sector have benefited from microfinance products.

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Why Rural Women Don’t Work

Author(s):

Bama Athreya
Let’s be real: poor women in rural regions inevitably work. And yet, they are disproportionately absent from the labor market. What's the deal?

An Entrepreneurship Contest in Egypt

Author(s):

Marketlinks Team
300 Entrepreneurs gather in Alexandria, Egypt to pitch their ideas and win funding for their startups.

Arab Spring, Start-Up Summer?

Author(s):

Marketlinks Team
Written by Holly Pickett for The New York Times. Business groups are taking an interest in Egyptian entrepreneurs like Yasmine el-Mehairy, left, and Zeinab Samir, who started a site for Arab women.