The International Bank of Bob : connecting our worlds one $25 Kiva loan at a time /
By: Harris, Bob
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BookPublisher: New York : Walker & Co., 2013.Description: xii, 400 p. : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780802777515; 0802777511Subject(s): Harris, Bob | Microfinance | Small business -- FinanceDDC classification: 332 Online resources: Location Map
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Bob Harris, a travel writer who reviewed the world's most luxurious accommodations, shares how a chance encounter with the impoverished construction workers who built the luxury resort inspired him to create Kiva.org, a micro-lending institution that finances small businesses around the world.
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| 332 FI NA Financial stability and growth : | 332 GR DE Debt : | 332 HA FI Finance for executives : | 332 HA IN The International Bank of Bob : | 332 HA ND Handbook of the economics of finance : | 332 IR FU The fundamental principles of finance | 332 JO FI Financial economics / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-391) and index.
The French Riviera, Dubai, and the world -- Singapore, Bali, and Beijing -- Chicago, Fiji, and Broadway -- The mission -- The sacred valley of the Incas -- Welcome to Sarajevo -- The great rift valley and Nairobi -- Rwanda -- Dar es Salaam, Andhra Pradesh, and a walk to the sea -- Magellan's cross, Hanoi, and Cambodia -- Kathmandu -- India -- Beirut -- Home.
Bob Harris, a travel writer who reviewed the world's most luxurious accommodations, shares how a chance encounter with the impoverished construction workers who built the luxury resort inspired him to create Kiva.org, a micro-lending institution that finances small businesses around the world.