2008 Fellow Craig Doescher, working on market development in Honduras

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BBC interviews Iqbal Quadir on the topic of entrepreneurship and microfinance.

 

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In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Iqbal Quadir writes about how development is most effective by aiding entrepreneurs.

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Iqbal Quadir writes about the lack of progress being made in attaining the UN Millenium Development Goals.

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