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Kiva.org, described by founder Premal Shah as an “eBay for microfinance,” has been operating for two years but saw traffic surge after Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize last year as the founder of Grameen Bank.
“Overnight the volume of the traffic to our site pretty much doubled,” Shah said of the Nobel Prize’s impact, noting recent publicity and a mention in Bill Clinton’s new book “Giving” prompted another surge in interest that has left Kiva seeking more borrowers to take all the available money.
Reuters
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