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  1. Improving lives and communities through co-operative action and organic certification

    July 14, 2016 - by Jean-Francois Bonin - 0 comments

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    Part 2 of a 2 part series on Oikocredit’s recent study tour in Ecuador

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  2. Microfinance at work in the poor corners of Ecuador

    July 12, 2016 - by Jean-Francois Bonin - 0 comments

    Part 1 of a 2 part series on Oikocredit’s recent study tour in Ecuador

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  3. The high price tag behind the SDGs and why investors need to get behind them

    May 13, 2016 - by Eugene Ellmen - 0 comments

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    Up to £4.8 trillion will be needed every year to achieve the sustainable development goals on infrastructure, clean energy, water, sanitation and agriculture. Governments alone won’t be able to handle this.

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  4. The divestment dilemma

    December 1, 2015 - by David Woods - 0 comments

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    Last year Oikocredit signed the 2014 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change as part of the UN’s climate summit in New York. This was just a small step to show that we’re serious about acting on climate change. Now, one year on, the UN’s climate conference, COP21, begins in Paris today. Since signing the statement, we’ve been doing more as an organization to combat the effects of climate change (although we must acknowledge that on a global scale Oikocredit’s influence is limited) and have been following what others are doing around the world as well.

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  5. Investors can help create global impact through responsible microfinance

    July 14, 2015 - by Eugene Ellmen - 0 comments

    The dream of Mohammed Yunus to use microfinance to relegate poverty to museums has taken a beating in recent years. The tremendous growth of the microfinance industry has prompted some aggressive and unethical players to prey on the poor with high interest rates, multiple loans and coercive collections.

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