Microlending
As a longtime fan of microlending--See this somewhat dated Beliefnet column.--I was thrilled when Muhammad Yunus, the godfather of microlending, recently won the Nobel Prize. Now Connie Bruck of The New Yorker has in-depth account of recent developments on this promising front in the war against poverty. A front, I might add, on which liberal and conservative believers have served with distinction.
