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| | Programs : China Initiative : Accomplishments - Grameen Foundation USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Grameen Foundation USA has supported microfinance in China since 2000 when we provided the first international recognized award, the Pioneer Award, to Funding for Poor Cooperatives (FPC) for their groundbreaking efforts, as one of the first microfinance programs in China. |
 | | We further increased our support in 2001 by partnering directly with FPC to increase their sustainability and outreach and in 2003 by partnering with Citigroup and Grameen Trust to bring capital, technical, and policy support to 11 additional microfinance partners. |
 | | China Microcredit Summit: Held in Beijing on Sept. 22- 24, 2003, the summit brought together over 150 representatives of Chinese microfinance programs, banks, banking regulatory agencies, international donors, as well as CEOs of a number of well-respected microfinance institutions from several Asian countries. |
| www.gfusa.org /programs/china_initiative/accomplishments (765 words) |
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