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Boosting Israeli-Arab entrepreneurship through microloans

Two new initiatives of Koret Israel Economic Development Fund seek to expand the donor base for businesses of disadvantaged Israelis. The new microfund is aimed at helping Bedouin women in the Negev and Israeli-Arabs across Israel set up their own …

By Desmond Bentley | August 10, 2011

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