A Swiss microfinance investment fund founded in 2003, responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund reported $57 million in total assets at year-end 2005, with $53.7 million allocated to microfinance investments. ResponsAbility recently extended a $500,000 loan to the Small and Microenterprise Project (SMEP) in Kenya.
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