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Day One – Grameen HQ

By Mark Swivel | Published: 5 January 2010

Dhaka is the world’s most densely populated city and seems determined to prove it yard by yard as we head [...]

By Mark Swivel | Published: 3 January 2010

It is so still. After a midnight choir of barking dogs and the dawn warblings of a million birds, it’s [...]

By admin | Published: 1 January 2010

So the day has come. The season of overeating is done. The bay at Bondi has been swum one last [...]

By Mark Swivel | Published: 22 December 2009

I’m off to Dhaka on new years day for 3 weeks to visit Grameen Bank and do their ‘basic training’ [...]

By Mark Swivel | Published: 8 November 2009

Many mutuals offer microfinance in some form — whether interest free loans or small loans to social businesses. Here’s an [...]

By Mark Swivel | Published: 2 November 2008

My wife Julia and I visited New York last year and I did some pro bono work with Trickle Up [...]

By Mark Swivel | Published: 2 November 2008

In Siem Reap, Cambodia, a tiny NGO called Journeys within our Communities is developing a microfinance program for people living [...]