Dataset of the Day: Kiva and Global Poverty

For anyone who hasn’t heard about Kiva, Kiva’s mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty. They have developed a system of micro-lending, allowing anyone to lend small amounts of money to people in need, the money is paid back, and everyone is happy. Its truely a great idea to help those in need, i was curious about trying to highlight or quantify whether or not Kiva was working in the right direction and getting money to those in need so i created this quick little mashup of the featured entrepreneurs from Kiva and Global Poverty Data from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). I hope both Kiva and the UNDP continue their good work!

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