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the ability to create users within the system. - Administrators must have the ability to access individual users and update the functionality they are granted. Administrators must also be able to update the status of a specific user, either active or inactive. - The system must have the ability to automatically standardize the format of users' resumes in an identical fashion, including but not limited to font, size, style, and sections within the resume. - The system must act as a repository of resumes, maintaining the current version of users' resumes as well as past versions. - Users must be able to access the system through a web-hosted environment. The solution should be able to support access through Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 8, Firefox, and Safari.
Poverty Alleviation in Malawi: An Investigation into the Challenges Faced by Microfinance Institutions
STUDENTS Justin J Jennewine ADVISORS Trevor C Collier LOCATION, TIME Miriam Hall 214, 4:10:00 PM-4:40 PM Economics and Finance, Oral Presentation - Honors Thesis Despite the widespread notoriety the microcredit systems received during the 1980's and 90's for their potential to drastically reduce world poverty, very little information exists about the successes or failure of the countries that replicated and implemented such systems; one of those countries is Malawi. Located in the south eastern portion of Africa, Malawi adopted a similar model to the one created by Muhammad Yunus for the original microcredit operation - The Grameen Bank. My study seeks to examine how a microfinance operation within Malawi appears to have had little impact on the poverty levels of the people and how this is possible when a very similar system was wildly successful in other countries. Interviews with the operators of the microfinance institutions in Malawi provides a glimpse of some of the subtile cultural impediments and country-specific problems that have not allowed for a successful microfinance operation to form there.This research is one of the few which looks into the workings and successes of the microfinance system in Malawi and can potentially provide feasible suggestions to Malawi and countries experiencing similar problems. This project will contribute to any future research on similar topics.
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