http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2005/07/25/calvert-foundation-boosts-microlending-to-women-owned-businesses-in-middle-east Comments for "Calvert Foundation Boosts Microlending To Women-Owned Businesses In Middle East" en http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2005/07/25/calvert-foundation-boosts-microlending-to-women-owned-businesses-in-middle-east <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-4"><span class="flexinode-timestamp-13"> July 20, 2005 - 08:00, </span> <span class="flexinode-textfield-14"> CSRwire</span> <div class="flexinode-textfield-15"> Calvert Foundation Boosts Microlending To Women-Owned Businesses In Middle East</div><br> <div class="flexinode-textarea-6"> The non-profit Calvert Foundation is launching a new Middle East Microcredit Giftshare project in order to extend much-needed microloans to woman-owned small businesses owners and other entrepreneurs in the Middle East. Calvert Foundation is putting up $25,000 for investment in the Microfund For Women in Jordan (MFWJ).<br /><br />Recently, attention has focused on the growing demand for micro-financing in the Middle East. The number of women and others in desperate need of loans for small-business start-up costs and pre-financing is projected to triple in the next few years, according to experts at the World Economic Forum held in Amman, Jordan on May 21.<br class="clear" /></div> </div> http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2005/07/25/calvert-foundation-boosts-microlending-to-women-owned-businesses-in-middle-east#comment Financial Services General Banking Microfinance North Africa & Near East Mon, 25 Jul 2005 08:12:20 -0500 _Steve L 750 at http://www.nextbillion.net