Enabling Access to Capital
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	Throughout developing economies there are surpluses of people who seek to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. For those lacking even "bootstraps," microfinance institutions can make all the difference. A microfinance institution (MFI) is an organization that provides financial services targeted to the poor. Find out more about how these microloans are helping the world's poorest here.
	Issues / Working Groups Access to Health Care Contract Supplier System Corporate Governance Enabling Access to Capital Environmental Justice Global Warming Promoting Human Rights Violence & Militarization of Society Water & Food Resources Access to Health Care Contract Supplier System Corporate Governance Enabling Access to Capital Environmental Justice Global Warming Promoting Human Rights Violence & Militarization of Society Water & Food

Links to:

Domestic Fair Lending Issues:

The Center for Responsible Lending
(National predatory/fair lending advocacy organization)
http://www.responsiblelending.org/

The Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina
(Community-based predatory/fair lending advocacy organization)
http://www.cra-nc.org/

Links to:

International Financial Market Issues:

The Equator Principles
(Sustainability principles endorsed by financial institutions)
http://www.equator-principles.com/

The Collevecchio Declaration
(Sustainability guidelines proposed by non-governmental organizations)
http://www.foe.org/camps/intl/declaration.html

The Financial Policy Forum
(Financial policy research organization).
http://www.financialpolicy.org