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Eco Bebé: innovation and creativity in children’s clothing

Day after day entrepreneurs gather courage and commit to make a success out of a business that could give them…

Technology in enterprising and for entrepreneurship

Globalization, together with technological progress, has shortened distances, reduced cultural gaps and also improved economies and trading. Entrepreneurs have made…

Media coverage of the BBVAMF’s special session in the UN

Jessica Hernández had never left Colombia, but her image carrying a washing machine while walking uphill, has been all over…

Financial inclusion is key in achieving equality

Poverty knows gender: there are more women suffering poverty and greater social exclusion. In fact, more than 1 billion women…

PHOTO GALLERY: Special session ‘SDGs and the role of financial inclusion’ in pictures

The main players in international development gathered in the United Nations Headquarters last March 5th in a special session hosted…

Suits that uphold traditions and change lives

Every 16th of July, hundreds of thousands of peregrines and tourists go to La Tirana, a town in the north…

Raspberries mean success

Adriana and Francisco started with a small orchard and now they have four hectares where, as well as raspberries, they…

When saving becomes a safeguard for your health

Silvia Gonzales just needed someone to reach her community, to look her in the eyes as they talked and, speaking…

Doctors, all thanks to gourds

As a child, Delia learned the laborious, millenarian art of carving gourds by hand, using only a small chisel. Over…

The merit of being mistress of your own fate

The first day that Brígida had to milk the twelve cows her husband had bought, she was exhausted by the…

Myladys, in charge of her time and her future

“Chimis”, as these popular beef sandwiches are known, are a classic of Dominican cooking and much loved in the country.…

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation invited to the International Women’s Day Forum 2016 to talk about the role of women in economic development

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation has participated in the International Women's Day Forum 2016, an event organized by the UN and…