Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1680/Mann-Deshi-A-MicroBusiness-School-for-rural-women.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1680/Mann-Deshi-A-MicroBusiness-School-for-rural-women.html The Mann Deshi Business School for Rural Women (MDBS) is a new Micro-business school program launched in India that provides training in technical, financial and marketing skills to women with no formal education and to girls who have dropped out of high school, allowing them to start and improve their own small enterprises. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1680/Least-Developed-Countries-Report-2007.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1680/Least-Developed-Countries-Report-2007.html The UNCTAD has recently released the Least Developed Countries Report, 2007, subtitled "Knowledge, technical learning and innovation for development". http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1680/The-State-of-the-Microcredit-Summit-Campaign-Report-2006.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1680/The-State-of-the-Microcredit-Summit-Campaign-Report-2006.html In 1997, RESULTS Educational Fund, a U.S.-based non-profit organization, organized the Microcredit Summit. The summit focused on catalyzing the international development community to recognize that scaling up microfinance was essential to reaching the Millennium Development Goals and creating a just world. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1680/Enabling-Entrepreneurship-in-Africa.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1680/Enabling-Entrepreneurship-in-Africa.html Interview with Mr. Luciano Borin, Director, Private Sector Operations, African Development Bank