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...Imported talent helped Grameen rival Acci??n, a big player in Latin American microfinance, establish a presence in the U.S. in the early 1990s. And yet even after years of making loans to small and upstart businesses, Acci??n still isn't profitable - an example of the challenge Grameen faces if it thinks it won't have to depend on donations for funding...
...Acci??n has probably gotten closer to self-sufficiency than any other microlender by using technology and partnerships to boost efficiency. Acci??n Texas now underwrites loans for 12 different microfinance organizations, a pooling of talent designed to help all the groups more quickly remove their dependence on grants and community-reinvestment money...
...Potential donors are worried that charity will be wasted or create dependence," says Jonathan Morduch, an economics professor at New York University. But the most influential microlenders--Yunus' Grameen Bank, FINCA, Acci??n International--are self-sustaining and profitable. They strip away the bureaucracy common to aid programs of governments and large foundations, and repayment rates of 97% are the norm...
...Calderón belong to the Partido Acci??³n Nacional (PAN), and Calderón defeated the candidate supported by the president in the PAN primary...
Last fall, the Harvard janitors kicked off their contract campaign, naming it Unidad y Acci??³n (Unity and Action). This past Thursday, they marched with students to University President Lawrence H. Summers’ mansion to demonstrate this unity. Together we demanded a just contract, complete with significant wage raises and affordable health benefits. Now, in the face of Harvard’s obstinacy and arrogance at the bargaining table, janitors—with student support—are escalating their tactics and taking action to achieve all that has been fought for over the last three years...
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