Category - oikocredit

Microfinance is vital to human and social development, audit suggests

staff writers — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:50:54 +0100

Oikocredit, a leading socially-committed investor in microfinance, has released the results of its social audit, looking to enhance human welfare through economic performance.

Church-backed microfinance agency bucks global economic downturn

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:41:21 +0000

A church-backed microfinance institution has increased its field investments by one third, reaching out to poor people often excluded by the commercial banking sector in spite of the global economic downturn.

Give loans to the developing world and get a ten percent return

staff writers — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:34:07 +0000

A pioneering charity has launched a new initiative in the face of the credit crunch, to take loans from people who need a decent return on their income, and invest their money to help those in the developing world.

Fair finance agency becomes official Churches Together partner

staff writers — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:03:11 +0000

Oikocredit, the worldwide co-operative which challenges churches and others to share their resources through socially responsible investments, has become a 'body in association' with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.

Investing creatively in impoverished communities

Press Office — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:31:45 +0000

"It is great news that the churches have given official recognition to Oikocredit, the fair finance cooperative that invests directly in disadvantaged communities", said Simon Barrow, co-director o

Seeking to build a just economy

Simon Barrow — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:44:24 +0100

The current global economic crisis is not just a squeeze on lenders, borrowers and spenders. It also crunch time for the politicians and for the Christian churches, says Simon Barrow. Now is a time to be investing in practical alternatives.

Time to invest practically in social change

Patrick Hynes — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:30:17 +0100

The current global financial crisis is not a counsel of despair, says Patrick Hynes. It is an opportunity to review our priorities and invest practically for change through agencies like Oikocredit.

Social investors gather to defy the global credit crunch

agency reporter — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:31:26 +0100

Despite the global credit crunch, social entrepreneurs are continuing to invest in hope. Oikocredit – one of the leading financiers of microfinance – has decided to pay a dividend of 2% to its members for the 15th year in a row.

Tackling the 'credit crunch' justly

Patrick Hynes — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:28:31 +0000

Everyone is talking about the 'credit crunch'. Patrick Hynes, from Oikocredit, reflects on how access to fair finance continues to be a problem for people who are poor, and proposes a simple solution.

We can use the market to tackle poverty, says Nobel Prize winner

staff writers — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:01:01 +0000

Harnessing the power of the market to help solve the problems of global poverty, hunger and inequality is both possible and necessary, a Nobel Peace Prize winner told an invited audience of specialists in London on Thursday night.