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    Grameen Trust and Alibaba Group to Create Grameen China Initiative
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    If we can make micro-credit available to potential entrepreneurs in China then that will make a big impact for the whole world.” "We are at the beginning of an Internet-driven revolution where small businesses around the world will be able to compete with larger companies for customers like never before ... Micro-credit is the oxygen to make entrepreneurial dreams come alive. We are very pleased to join with Grameen Trust in this effort to create employment opportunities in these areas by helping tens of millions more small entrepreneurs create their businesses. We also welcome contribution from others and hope to build more partnerships in China." Although Grameen Trust has been active in China since 1995 supporting many Grameen Bank Replication microcredit programs, this will be the first time that Grameen Trust will directly implement microcredit program in China. Full Article at PR-Inside.com
    We are at the beginning of an Internet-driven revolution where small businesses around the world will be able to compete with larger companies for customers like never before ... Micro-credit is the oxygen to make entrepreneurial dreams come alive. We are very pleased to join with Grameen Trust in this effort to create employment opportunities in these areas by helping tens of millions more small entrepreneurs create their businesses. We also welcome contribution from others and hope to build more partnerships in China.
    Jack Ma – Jack Ma SOURCE: PR-Inside.com 2 months ago
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Grameen Trust and Alibaba Group to Create Grameen China Initiative
  1. Using information technology to help Grameen China grow will help our borrowers establish businesses to support themselves, and perhaps eventually even sell their products internationally which will literally change their lives. If we can make micro-credit available to potential entrepreneurs in China t...
    SOURCE: PR-Inside.com 2 months ago
  2. We are pleased to join hands with Alibaba Group to create Grameen China and to spread the Grameen Bank Approach to help the poorest people by giving them microcredit to alleviate their poverty through the creation of small businesses
    SOURCE: PR-Inside.com 2 months ago

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