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The president and executive director of the new microfinance association, Dr. Youssef Khalil, receives the official association registration papers from LIM’s Mahmoud El Zein and Joseph El Wanny at the Central Bank of Lebanon.
BEIRUT, LEBANON – March 17, 2015 – On January 12, Lebanon’s Ministry of Interior and Municipalities officially approved the creation of the…
read moreLuz Zuñiga Gonzalez
November 24, 2014 – IESC is hosting Luz Zuñiga Gonzalez, a third-year undergraduate student from Pénjamo, Guanajuato, Mexico, through the Mexico 100 Program. Gonzalez is working as a business development intern through the fall of 2014.
Mexico 100 is a 15-week professional development program for youth that is focused on learning about and…
read moreMONROVIA, LIBERIA – October 15, 2014 – While the Ebola virus spreads through West Africa, a USAID program that aims to improve the lending environment has been continuing to work hard to keep the Liberian economy moving by facilitating essential loans for local businesses.
At an IBEX training session on food safety and environmental strategy that was held during the ebola crisis, a participant practices good hand washing…
read moreBEIRUT – September 25, 2014 – Microfinance is critical for small and micro-enterprises around the globe. Like many other countries, Lebanon has seen a growth in the industry; MFIs (microfinance institutions) are prevalent and consistently conduct outreach to attract new clients. While microfinance is a proven mechanism to increase access to finance in Lebanon, the rapid growth of the industry necessitates coordination and cooperation among…
read moreSeptember 10, 2014
Nations in Conflict Need a Viable Economy to Truly Rebuild
The current political crisis is destroying Ukraine’s economy. I traveled there recently in my capacity as head of the International Executive Service Corps to see how we might assist in the country’s economic rebuilding. For 50 years, IESC has played a small but important role in developing countries by encouraging a stable business environment and stimulating…
read moreTom Miller delivering the 2014 Adair Lecture Photo Debra Blome/American Foreign Service Association
August 29, 2014 –On August 27, IESC President and CEO Tom Miller, a former ambassador and 30-year veteran of the State Department, delivered the 8th Annual Adair Memorial Lecture on U.S. Diplomacy at American University.
Miller’s presentation, titled “The Nexus…
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