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...past three decades, the practice of lending as little as $50 to poor, self-employed individuals, the vast majority of them women, has proved its sustainability through near perfect repayment rates. Plus, the short-term loans turn over several times a year, lifting tortilla makers in Mexico and basket weavers in Benin out of poverty along the way. With 3 billion people living on less than $2 a day, there's a huge market for this kind of seed capital. And although microfinance institutions (MFIs) tripled the number of borrowers to 27 million from 1997 to 2001, they are still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Globalization: Why Micro Matters | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

Peljto scored her first basket on a layup off a nifty back-door dish from co-captain forward Tricia Tubridy...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No. 16 Buffs Eke Out Win Over W. Hoops | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

Bell said she has put a lot of effort into making better decisions about when to pass and when to take it herself on drives towards the basket...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Solid Back Court Promises Depth | 11/19/2003 | See Source »

...strength would definitely be my ability to face up to the basket, whereas it seems like the majority of guys my size at this level have been enormous all their lives,” Cusworth said. “When I was a freshman and when I was six feet, they were 6’4, 6’5 and they’ve always been facing with their back to the basket and have not had the requirement to be mobile, be versatile...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Versatile Cusworth Still Growing | 11/19/2003 | See Source »

...need to find him near the basket because he’s got the hook shot and he’s hard to guard,” Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said. “He’s a very difficult target to get around, so certainly in the triangle areas around the basket, yes, he needs to get the ball there. He’s also a very, very capable elbow shooter, so whether it be any kind of rotation or a screen and a pop as the screener…he can do that...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Versatile Cusworth Still Growing | 11/19/2003 | See Source »

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