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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...minor catastrophe - like a hospital stay - away from financial disaster, so housing loans and insurance and savings products help create and preserve assets, leading to broader benefits for the economy as a whole. I can't tell you how many times I've heard women clients in our network ask, "Why can't I save for my child's education, instead of taking out another loan to pay for it?" The poverty alleviation benefits are magnified when microloans are supplemented with savings and insurance products...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Microfinance Still Hums, Despite Global Financial Crisis | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...fight a ruthless squad of militants before making way for the military. I heard gunfire and saw explosions. I saw commandos rappelling from helicopters and heard the horrific stories of survivors. Every now and then I would run into one of the few people still on campus, who would ask me what was going on, as though I knew better than others...

Author: By Rajarshi Banerjee | Title: The Week After Mumbai | 12/1/2008 | See Source »

...that’s beside the point: Next time you mix up someone’s name or race, simply ask them again and try to train your eye so you remember for the future. Just don’t bring racism into it. Anita J Joseph ’12, a Crimson editorial comper, lives in Wigglesworth Hall...

Author: By Anita J Joseph | Title: What’s in a Wrong Name? | 11/30/2008 | See Source »

...Ask the government to talk to us, and we will release the hostages," said the man, identified by the India TV channel as Imran. "Are you aware how many people have been killed in Kashmir? Are you aware how your army has killed Muslims? Are you aware how many of them have been killed in Kashmir this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Reacts to the Mumbai Massacre | 11/28/2008 | See Source »

...smiles that emanate from the trailing multitudes are often of a different kind now. They are not just the silly simpers that form in response to a celebrity sighting. They are also the warm, seraphic beams accorded to individuals who walk a righteous path. People generally don't ask Li to do flying kicks or the wushu horse stance for the camera these days. They don't even want his autograph much. What they want to do, amid the moral vacuum of modern China, is feed off the aura of a man preaching compassion and civic duty. When Li takes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Liberation of Jet Li | 11/27/2008 | See Source »

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