E-288 DATE: 2/05/08 (REV’D 1/30/09) KIVA This is not charity. This is business: business with a social objective‚ which is to help people get out of poverty. —Muhammad Yunus‚ Founder and CEO‚ Grameen Bank INTRODUCTION Jessica Jackley Flannery‚ the cofounder and chief marketing officer at Kiva.org (Kiva)‚ an online microfinance nonprofit‚ stepped into her car after a long day of meetings and media appearances. It was an exciting and busy time. Kiva was growing exponentially and receiving
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Hopi Indians 1350 BCE to 1540 BCE Hopi means peaceful ones The name "Moqui‚" or "Moki‚" by which they have been popularly known‚ means ’dead’ in their own language‚ but as a tribal name it is seemingly of alien origin and of undetermined signification Bandelier and Cushing believed the Hopi country‚ the later province of Tusayan‚ to be identical with the Totonteac of Fray Marcos de Niza. The Hopi first became known to white men in the summer of 1540 Located in Arizona Buildings like steps
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Indians been there for 800 years Don born 1890 Population 1000 Descendents from cliff dwellers Speak shoshonean Men were short 5-4 Hopi means peaceful people Kiva – underground religious chamber Rain in summer No government or surpreme chief The mans sisters son succeeds Village chief always happy Crier chief makes public decisions Don sun hill kiva group Exogamous and matriliniel Old spider woman who is the salt woman with grandsons Twin gods Corn mother and corn maiden gods Ceremonies are complicated
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perAltering and Improving Kiva Some suggestions for improvement of the current Kiva system Marcel Flipse 1473379 2011 Vrije Universiteit‚ Artificial Intelligence Department‚ De Boelelaan 1081a‚ 1081 HV Amsterdam‚ The Netherlands‚ marcel.flipse@gmail.com Course: Bachelor Referaat ‚ supervisor: Zhisheng Huang Abstract. Kiva has improved overall performance of distribution centers by implementing robotics and concepts from Artificial Intelligence. Although the results look promising‚ there
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and make out another loan if wanted. 3. Kiva serves The United States‚ Mexico‚ Central America‚ Part of South America‚ Subsaharan Africa‚ and some Middle East/Asian countries. 4. KIVA is about microfinance and taking people out of poverty and not limiting economic development due to not having enough financial resources. In the unit we covered the dependency theory‚ core-periphery models‚ and obstacles that prevented growth of people in poverty‚ KIVA creates opportunity for economic development
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U.C.!Berkeley!–!Haas!School!of!Business‚!Independent!Study! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Kiva!Case!Study! ! Sarah!Anderson! Joel!Ramirez! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! December!6‚!2007 1 Introduction! ! It!was!a!beautiful!morning!in!November!2007!when!Jessica!and!Matt!Flannery‚!the! founders!of!Kiva.org‚!walked!into!their!San!Francisco!office!to!greet!the!rest!their!ever" growing!team.!!Kiva.org!(Kiva)‚!the!world’s!first!person"to"person!micro"lending!website! had!seen!incredible!growth!over!the!past!year
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My Experience as a Kiva Fellow Kiva is a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Kiva combines the poverty alleviating power of microfinance with the mass participation of the internet. It lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world. Since 2005‚ nearly 570‚000 people have used Kiva.org to fund +$200M in microloans through MFIs to more than 526‚000 working poor entrepreneurs around the world. Source: Kiva
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Method Analysis Paper Option 6 The first five student learning outcomes listed on the syllabus focus on evaluating‚ understanding‚ and analyzing components of research‚ ranging from research ethics to research measurement. The methods analysis papers each serve to assist students in these five learning objectives. There are six method analysis papers in this class. You are only required to complete three of the method analysis papers. Should you choose to complete more than three of the six
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use systems analysis and design methodologies when building a system? Why not just build the system in whatever way seems to be “quick and easy?” What value is provided by using an “engineering” approach? Ans: While analyzing and designing a system‚ we take into consideration the flexibility‚ scalability‚ performance‚ maintainability and testability. When these capabilities are not taken into consideration‚ we see a high probability for system failure. Conversely‚ if too much of analysis and design
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PEST Analysis We are going to produce a PEST analysis to find out what external influences may be affecting the product (Milo) and to what extent to which customers decide to buy them. The purpose of the PEST analysis is to analyse the organization (Nestle Milo) operates and to identify how it may influence marketing decisions. A PEST analysis analyses the external environment in which an organization operates and identifies how it should influence marketing decisions. Political Factors The actions
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