The connection between peace and poverty is in the spotlight this week following the awading of the Nobel Peace prize to the Bangladesh economist who started the first micro-loan program 20 years ago.The Wisconsin director of a micro-loan program in Vietnam says there’s a direct connection between fighting poverty and healing the wounds of war. Gil Halsted has more…
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