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Business
Micro-Bias: If You Want a Kiva Loan, It Helps to Be Pretty and Light-Skinned
Micro-lending sites like Kiva are an important development tool, but bias is affecting lending choices. Here's how to fix it.
Business
Be Your Own Bank: New Laws Could Unleash Crowdfunding For Startups
The next generation of social enterprises could be funded, and owned, by you and me, if the government opens the door.
Business
Intermission: Watch Kiva Loans Travel the World
An animated map that shows the path of every Kiva loan between 2005 and today.
Business
Can Robots Make Amazon a Better Place to Work?
The online retailer acquires a robot company to make its factories more efficient.
News
Dermalogica and Kiva Equals Healthy Skin and Empowered Women
Women are worth investing in. 82 percent of Kiva's borrowers are women, so put some female empowerment in your medicine cabinet.
Business
Kiva President Says FarmVille Is His Biggest Rival
Should lending money to micro-enterprises around the world be like playing a game? Kiva's CEO wants it to be like playing Farmville on Facebook.
Design
GOOD S.F. Mixer, Tuesday Night
This Tuesday, June 16, we're heading back to San Francisco to host a mixer at 111 Minna featuring (ri)1 cocktails, music by J Montag & Eug, our...
Business
The GOOD 100: Microfinance Comes to America
Microlending, U.S.A. America is waking up to the power of "micro." Twitter introduced us to microblogs. President Obama's campaign demonstrated...
GOOD Events
Party: Kiva Is Four Years Old
GOOD has always been a huge supporter of Kiva; we covered them when they were just getting started. Four years later, Kiva has raised almost $100...
The Community Board
Kiva Versus Gates: The Result
Will the Gates Foundation or Kiva.org have a greater impact on poverty?Original article: Philanthrocapitalism » Blog Archive » Kiva Versus Gates:...
The Community Board
Open Internet
This is a video made about free and open web access as a right for all people, with all interests, of all backgrounds.Original article: YouTube -...
The Community Board
Kiva's Birthday Celebration Recap
On the heels of Kiva's big announcement of hitting $100 Million dollar in raised funds, they also turned 4 and had a wonderful birthday...
Education
Kiva Announces Microloans for Education
Kiva starts a pilot program of microlending to students in three countries. Its president compares the move to Amazon adding music to its inventory.
