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 <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bidnetwork.org/listpublish-11497-nl.html?q_mm=&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;padding: 5px; float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.nextbillion.net/files/images/BidNews.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;  class=&quot;image img_assist_custom&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;124&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I’ve just posted up several recent news stories about financing for SME development.  Most of these came from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bidnetwork.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Business in Development Network&lt;/a&gt;, which promotes poverty reduction through entrepreneurship in developing countries.  The group maintains a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bidnetwork.org/listpublish-11497-nl.html?q_mm=&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;great newsroom&lt;/a&gt; for those interested in similar articles.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Here’s what’s happening this week: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;/newsroom/2006/05/24/bangladesh-banks-urged-to-support-smes&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bangladesh: Banks urged to support SMEs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The numerable packages in saving schemes, monthly deposit, loan schemes etc. have played a role to close the gap between bank and the cross-section of people. Still it is noticed that there has not been such banking packages to support the big client group belonging to small and medium enterprises. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;clear&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/05/24/this-week-in-sme-investing&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 14:44:10 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>John Paul</dc:creator>
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