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New Member: ARC Finance

Arc Finance’s mission is to promote and expand access to financing for modern energy, clean water, and other basic needs to build the income and assets of poor people around the world. It focuses on  linking energy enterprises with financial institutions to put clean energy products in the hands of the poor. Current activities on [...]

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New Member: GOOD RETURN

Good Return is a social enterprise specializing in micro-finance, financial literacy and livelihood development programs.  Good Return was established by World Education Australia to address poverty issues in the Asia Pacific region. Current activities on Energy for All:  We are working with our MFI partners to enable their clients and others in the community to [...]

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CARD BDS Trains 1,300 “Nanays” on Solar Lighting

CARD BDS Trains 1,300 “Nanays” on Solar Lighting

Between January and March 2011, CARD Business Development Services (BDS), an affiliate of CARD MRI – one of the largest microfinance institutions in the Philippines – trained more than 1,300 “nanays,” or small store owners, to become solar lighting resellers. Trainings were conducted in 7 provinces in the Philippines under a project supported by ADB [...]

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