Welcome to the latest issue of Countdown 2005, the newsletter of the Microcredit Summit Campaign. This issue features an interview with the president of the Inter-American Development Bank, Enrique Iglesias, on the IDB's support of microcredit programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. There is an inspiring article by Bankers Trust Vice Chairman and Summit Council of Banks and Commercial Finance Institutions Chair Eugene Ludwig. The Action Plan presentation featured in this issue is that of CRECER, a Credit with Education program in Bolivia. This issue's Best Practices examines the Summit Campaign's core theme of ensuring impact on the lives of clients.

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