The AKDN in India Brochure (2011)
On a visit to an AKDN rural support programme in the mid-1980s, His Highness the Aga Khan saw that, contrary to prevailing thinking that suggested rising incomes alone would solve poverty, there was a need to bring a variety of inputs and disciplines to bear in a given area.
AKDN's Multi-Input Area Development (MIAD) approach has emerged to address the multidimensional aspects of poverty. More
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15 May 2013
The Role of Culture in Development: The Aga Khan Speaks at UNESCO Conference in China
15 May 2013
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the UNESCO Conference on Culture and Development in Hangzhou, China
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20 Projects Shortlisted for US$ 1 million Aga Khan Award for Architecture
30 April 2013
20 Projetos Integram a Shortlist do Prémio Aga Khan para a Arquitetura no valor de USD 1 milhão
- AKAAga Khan Academies
- AKAMAga Khan Agency for Microfinance
- AKESAga Khan Education Services
- AKFAga Khan Foundation
- AKFEDAga Khan Fund for Economic Development
- AKHSAga Khan Health Services
- AKPBSAga Khan Planning and Building Services
- AKTCAga Khan Trust for Culture
- AKUAga Khan University
- FOCUSFocus Humanitarian Assistance
- UCAUniversity of Central Asia
Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance
Microfinance for Women in Northern Pakistan
Since its establishment in 2005, the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM) has taken over 25 years of microfinance activities, programmes and banks that were administered by sister agencies within the AKDN. The underlying objectives of the Agency are to reduce poverty, diminish the vulnerability of poor populations and alleviate economic and social exclusion. more
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