Harvard Business Review
JUNE 8, 2018
Impact investing can learn from the history of microfinance — the provision of debt and other financial services to the poor — an industry that was at a similar stage 15 years ago. Lessons from Microfinance. There are two major debates in particular about microfinance that are relevant for the impact investment industry.
Modern Servant Leader
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
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Harvard Business Review
JUNE 13, 2012
The microfinance industry is a rare D and E success story. Microfinance banks, which provide desperately needed loans to low-income consumers, draw mainstream investors because of their attractive returns. The result has been explosive growth. And in D and E markets, the environment demands a very high contribution per transaction.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 11, 2013
percent lower than its value in 2007. Six years ago, David and Donna Allman approached Opportunity with an idea that fell outside our traditional microfinance model: to build a Community Economic Development (CED) program in Nicaragua. We know that microfinance alone will not break the poverty cycle.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2016
In 2007 such young enterprises created almost two-thirds of the nation’s 12 million new jobs. These colossal “beltway bandits” work everywhere from Afghanistan to Zambia and purport to offer expertise in everything from microfinance to micro-irrigation.
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