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ADB to host 2-day reg’l confab on microfinance

By Ted P. Torres | March 14, 2005 - 12:00am

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will host a two-day regional conference starting tomorrow on the positive growth of microfinance in the region and developments towards its commercialization. "Microfinance...

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Microfinance still sustainable, says ADB

April 20, 2004 - 12:00am

Microfinance can help the poorest of the poor reduce the severity of their poverty, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) senior microfinance expert said in the latest issue of Finance for the Poor. In an article in...

Banking