ACCION
ACCION International, one of the world's leading micro finance organizations, is dedicated to bringing financial services to small business people - street vendors, seamstresses, and sandal makers.
www.accion.org
Enterprise Development Website
An excellent portal, or "information gateway", of relevant sources of information focusing on micro, small and medium enterprise development both in developed and developing countries.
www.enterweb.org
FINCA International
Establishes "village banks" of 10- 50 peer members, predominately women, to help break poverty cycles.
www.villagebanking.org
Grameen Bank
Grameen Bank (GB) has reversed conventional banking practice by removing the need for collateral and created a banking system based on mutual trust, accountability, participation and creativity. GB provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh, without any collateral.
www.grameen.org
Kiva
Loans that change lives. Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique small villages in the developing world. By choosing a business on kiva.org, you can "sponsor a business" and help the world's working poor make great strides towards economic independence. www.kiva.org
Special Unit for Microfinance (SUM)
SUM supports microfinance institutions working towards sustainability and outreach to the poor, especially women.
www.undp.org
Microcredit Summit
Site outlines nine-year plan to reach 100 million of the world's poorest families with credit for financial and business services by the year 2005.
www.microcreditsummit.org/campaigns/report99.htm
The Trickle Up Program
Founded in
1979, the Trickle Up Program helps the poorest of the poor take their first step
up out of poverty by providing them with conditional seed grants and business
training to help them start or expand their own business ventures. www.trickleup.org
World Bank Group
World's largest source of development assistance, providing nearly $30 billion in loans annually to its client countries.
www.worldbank.org
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