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My Topic: Microfinancing:

As far as what to research and do my project on. . . I want to research the topic of micro-loans to third world countries and either do an extensive blog posting, writer an article for Newsvine or explain the idea more completely in Helium. I could also join the debate "Is foreign aid the solution to global poverty?" How to choose?
 * Notes on my search**: I started on technocrati with the term "microeconomics" and got student blogs talking about their microeconomics classes. No! Went to the tech blog "Read/Write" where I had seen a post on a company that enables small loans to third world entrepreneurs. Found it: Kiva. Also, located the NYT's article that I had seen some weeks ago on Kiva. Took the term: microfinance and put that in technocrati's search and came up with more blogs. Switched to newsvine and found articles on microfinance, esp the **microfinance gateway--think I might do my ra on this site**?

Key terms: Microeconomics Microfinance [|wikipedia] micro loans

sites: [|globalgiving] | [|kiva] articles: [|N Kristof-NYT] blog: [|read/write web:kiva] newsvine: [|Fighting Poverty in the Information Age] | [|microfinance gateway] | helium: channel [|"How I could use a $100 to make the world a better place"] | debate: [|"Is foreign aid the solution to global poverty?"]