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The Edge Financial Weekly. Feb 22, 2010
By Kal Joffres and Quek Sue Yian
As the dust settles, the picture emerging from Haiti is not a natural disaster but a man-made one. Haiti’s situation is about poorly constructed buildings, bad infrastructure, and ineffective government services. When a 7.0-magnitude quake violently shook...
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The Edge Financial Weekly. Jan 11th, 2010
By Kal Joffres and Quek Sue Yian
Can you build a RM 1 billion company by helping people out of poverty? For Vikram Akula, this question is not hypothetical. Akula’s RM 1.2 billion SKS Microfinance provides micro-loans to rural entrepreneurs in India. It is part of a growing class of...
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The Edge Financial Weekly. Dec 7, 2009
By Quek Sue Yian and Kal Joffres
Five hours Northeast of Karachi in the Thar Desert may not sound like a very happening place. Yet, on a few small patches of desert land, an important test of a potentially potent mix of capitalism and charity is happening.
Hours into the middle of the desert,...
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