CIDA Shift Secrecy Must Be Lifted

Published March 11, 2009

George Mpanza has never had a bank account, let alone a mortgage—it's hard to get one on a straw-roofed hut.

George lives in Malawi, about as far from the epicentre of the financial crisis as you can get, yet he too is feeling it. His most recent crop of fiery chilli peppers, grown by hand irrigation under the hot sun, is sitting in burlap sacks, waiting for a buyer who can get a bank loan to finance...