“100 Million Reached” Announcement from Press Around the World

January 26, 2009

<\ a> href="www.allafrica.com/stories/200902161465.html" title="Ghana: Women Hail Micro Loans">Ghana: Women Hail Micro Loans</a>
Public Agenda, Ghana

<\ a> href="www.ubyssey.ca/?p=7532" title="The Microcredit Crunch: the Global Recession's Invisible Victim">The Microcredit Crunch: the Global Recession's Invisible Victim<a>
Goh Iromoto Graphic/the Ubyssey, Canada

<\ a> href="http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?no=subj&articleid=20090127_222_A12_NEWYOR975305&archive=yes" title="Millions benefit from Microcredit ">Millions benefit from Microcredit </a>
Tulsa World, USA

<\ a> href="http://www.microcreditsummit.org/microfinance_events/" title="Some good economic news">Some good economic news</a>
Calgary Herald, Canada

<a href="http://www.standard.net/live/news/163162" title="Goal for Microloans Achieved">Goal for Microloans Achieved</a>
Standard.net, USA

<a href="http://www.bworldonline.com/BW012809/content.php?id=031" title="World’s poor gets financial aid">World’s poor gets financial aid</a>
Business World Online, Philippines

<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/27/2475186.htm" title="Micro loans pull 'beggars above poverty line'">Micro loans pull 'beggars above poverty line'</a>
ABC News, Australia

<\ a> href="http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/financial-services/2009012718703.htm" title="More than 100 Million of World's Poorest Benefit from Microcredit">More than 100 Million of World's Poorest Benefit from Microcredit</a>
India PR Wire, India

<a href="http://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-paper-wrap-up-the-state-of-the-microcredit-summit-campaign-report-2009-by-sam-daley-harris/" title="MICROCAPITAL PAPER WRAP-UP: The State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report 2009">MICROCAPITAL PAPER WRAP-UP: The State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report 2009</a>
Microcapital.org, Boston, USA

<a href="http://www.straightgoods.ca/2009/ViewFeature.cfm?Ref=51" title="Good news in the global economy">Good news in the global economy</a>
Straight Goods, Canada

<\ a> href="http://ca.news.finance.yahoo.com/s/01022009/2/biz-finance-investment-microcredit-presents-secure-noble-option-economic-downturn.html" title="Investment in microcredit presents secure and noble option in economic downturn">Investment in microcredit presents secure and noble option in economic downturn</a>
The Canadian Press, Canada

<a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/women+safe/1221013/story.html" title="Why women are a safe bet">Why women are a safe bet</a>
The Ottawa Citizen, Canada

<a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/asiaCompanyAndMarkets/idINLQ49157920090126" title=""Micro loans give half world's poorest a way up"">"Micro loans give half world's poorest a way up"</a>
Reuters, UK

<a href="http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=134080" title="World's Poorest Benefit from Micro-credit">World's Poorest Benefit from Micro-credit</a>
This Day, Nigeria

<\ a> href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/397526_microed.html" title="Microcredit: Economic success">Microcredit: Economic success</a>
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial Board, USA

<\ a> href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008673363_opinb27global.html" title="Reform U.S. foreign aid to focus on reducing poverty">Reform U.S. foreign aid to focus on reducing poverty</a>
Seattle Times Editorial, USA

<a href="http://www.nj.com/opinion/times/oped/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1233032436248740.xml&coll=5" title="Is the end of poverty">Is the end of poverty</a>
The Times of Trenton Op-Ed, USA

<a href="http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705280245,00.html" title="An answer to world poverty">An answer to world poverty</a>
Desert News, Utah, USA

<a href="http://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-story-the-microcredit-summit-campaign-announced-that-microcredit-reached-more-than-106-million-of-the-world%E2%80%99s-poorest-in-2007/#more-2931" title="MICROCAPITAL STORY: The Microcredit Summit Campaign Announced that Microcredit Reached More than 106 Million of the World’s Poorest in 2007">"MICROCAPITAL STORY: The Microcredit Summit Campaign Announced that Microcredit Reached More than 106 Million of the World’s Poorest in 2007"</a>
Microcapital.org, Boston, USA

<\ a> href="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/biz/inside.asp?xfile=/data/business/2009/January/business_January838.xml&section=business" title="Microcredit Reaches Half of World’s Poorest">Microcredit Reaches Half of World’s Poorest</a>
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates

<\ a> href="http://www.aleqt.com/2009/01/26/article_188728.html" title="خطة "أجفند" للقروض متناهية الصغر تستهدف 3 ملايين من شريحة الفقراء بحلول 2015">خطة "أجفند" للقروض متناهية الصغر تستهدف 3 ملايين من شريحة الفقراء بحلول 2015</a>
Aleqt.com, Saudi Arabia

<a href="http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6&section=0&article=118543&d=26&m=1&y=2009" title="Over 106m Poor Receive Microloans">Over 106m poor receive microloans</a>
ArabNews, Saudi Arabia

<a href="http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093230380" title=""Over 106m Poor Receive Microloans"">"Over 106m Poor Receive Microloans"</a>
Menafn.com, Jordon

<\ a> href="http://www.romesentinel.com/news?newsid=20090204-141118" title="Helping poorest of poor">Helping poorest of poor</a>
Rome Sentinel, USA

<\ a> href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/opinion/ci_11627832?nclick_check=1" title="Microcredit sets foreign aid example">Microcredit sets foreign aid example</a>
Contra Costa Times, USA

BLOGS

<\ a> href="http://povertynewsblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/half-of-worlds-people-have-access-to.html" title="Half of the world's people have access to microcredit ">Half of the world's people have access to microcredit </a>
povertynewsblog.blogspot.com

<\ a> href="http://businessjournalist.blogspot.com/2009/01/mfis-manna-for-very-poor.html" title="MFIs manna for the very poor">MFIs manna for the very poor</a>
businessjournalist.blogspot.com

<\ a> href="http://natpena.blogspot.com/2009/02/on-value-of-microcredit.html" title="On the Value of Microcredit">On the Value of Microcredit</a>
natpena.blogspot.com

<\ a> href="http://tulsainitiative.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/microloans-and-milestones/" title="Microloans and Milestones">Microloans and Milestones</a>
The Tulsa Initiative Blog, USA