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re: What type of investment to spread “Market-based strategies that benefit low-income communities”? Posted by: Graham Douglas, Integrative Federation, Founder

September 26, 2005

I agree with the following comments of John Berger:-

"My advice for social-investors would be to place a high value on local knowledge. But let’s take the micro-credit model further."

In this regard I have been impressed by the approach of Blue Orchard Finance s.a. at http://www.blueorchard.ch/en/home.asp and Garrett Wyse's visionary project "Ethical Finance Forum" in this competition.