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Kiva Loans
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A Snapshot of all Kiva Loans in XML format

These snapsnots provide a limited amount of metadata around all the loans that have gone through the Kiva system

Data
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The data in these xml files are all available in zip format as well at: http://s3.kiva.org/snapsnots/kiva_ds_xml.zip


How to use the snapshots
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See http://build.kiva.org/docs/data/snapshots

Version
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The initial snapshot is from April 2012
If we get these on a regular schedule, these will update automatically and version info will be removed

Kiva
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<a href="http://www.kiva.org">Kiva</a>) is a microfinance non-profit which helps connect lenders to borrowers across the world who lack access to capital. Find out more about Kiva at <a href="http://www.kiva.org/about">http://www.kiva.org/about</a>