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Microfinance Is Good for Women, but It's Only Part of the Solution

Harvard Business Review

Career paths are not one-size-fits-all, yet in emerging markets, it's often assumed that microfinance — the use of small loans to foster self-reliant small businesses in a community setting — is the only path for women seeking economic opportunity. more hours than men on unpaid work, including caring for family members, each day.

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Innovating Your Way Out Of The Resource Curse

The Horizons Tracker

The centrepiece of the institute is the Qatar Science & Technology Park, which brings together applied research and technology innovation, incubation and entrepreneurship. Norway has been in a similar situation since oil and gas deposits were discovered in the North Sea shelf in the 1960s.