| Welcome
to the latest issue of Countdown 2005, the newsletter of the Microcredit
Summit Campaign. This issue features an interview with the Director General
of the International Labor Organization, Juan Somavia, on the ILO's support
of microcredit programs throughout the world. We have reprinted the speech
made by H.M. Queen Sofia of Spain at the opening ceremony of the 1999 Meeting
of Councils in Abidjan. The Action Plan presentation featured in this issue
is that of ZAKOURA, a Moroccan microcredit institution. This issue's Best
Practices examines the Summit Campaign's core theme of ensuring access
to savings and its impact on the lives of clients.
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