It’s clear that microfinance has tremendous potential to help tackle unemployment and poverty in Indonesia. By instituting a wise and prudent regulatory structure that balances lender profits and borrower protections, Indonesia can continue to extend credit to the poor, while maintaining financial soundness.

The biggest debate in Congress revolves around taxes, but the debate we are seeing between the parties is about as bankrupt as it could be, and the impasse on the tax issue could lead us into a policy disaster.

While the world’s attention is focused on a struggling Iraq and a rising China, a battle for the heart and soul of the Americas is being waged closer to home.

There are stillchallenges in Iraq, but we are winning, and we have an excellent opportunity to achieve the objectives that we set for ourselves.

Integrating microfinance with the global banking system has the potential to open doors of economic opportunity for millions and unite communities in civil society networks.