Alvin's Guide to Good Business 13 - KIVA Business Development Loans 1 of 2 - BBC Travel Documentary, recorded 03.04.2010 Business guru Alvin Hall travels the world meeting eight ambitious social entrepreneurs keen to expand their Enterprises. Each Business is about to embark on a new and challenging phase. Kiva The 8-part BBC World News series on social entrepreneurs, Alvin's Guide to Good Business, wraps up this week with a look at Kiva, led by 2008 Skoll social entrepreneurs Matt Flannery and Premal Shah. Kiva has been at the forefront of online peer-to-peer microlending, with nearly $130 million in loans to date going from some 695,000 lenders to 328,000 small entrepreneurs around the world. The episode details Kiva's work in Tanzania, with presenter Alvin Hall checking up on the results of a microloan he makes through Kiva. For more information, see www.socialedge.org/blogs/alvins-guide-to-good-business AND www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/worldagenda/2010/02/100209_worldagenda_alvin_hall.shtml .

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