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Kiva has also seen some controversy.

Read http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/world/14microfinance.html and Kiva's response at https://pages.kiva.org/blog/new-york-times-article-on-microf...

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Thanks for pointing this out to me! It's disappointing to hear that, but after reading through the Kiva's response I understand some of the difficulty. They're certainly not ideal but seem like a solid choice compared to most of the other organizations out there that are completely opaque as to what is actually done with the money.

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