Online loans help world's poor
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The internet is revolutionising how donors and lenders in the US are connecting with small entrepreneurs in developing countries, be they a farmer in Kenya who wants to invest in new cows or a seamstress in India who wants to open her own shop.
But in 1997, Mr Whittle's boss gave him a new challenge - to fund small projects. After several failed attempts to push these small projects through the World Bank bureaucracy, he decided to call a brainstorming session.
The internet is revolutionising how donors and lenders in the US are connecting with small entrepreneurs in developing countries, be they a farmer in Kenya who wants to invest in new cows or a seamstress in India who wants to open her own shop.But in 1997, Mr Whittle's boss gave him a new challenge - to fund small projects. After several failed attempts to push these small projects through the World Bank bureaucracy, he decided to call a brainstorming session.
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