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Businesses Serving the Poor Need to Get Over Their Unease About Profit

Harvard Business Review

And make no mistake: Scaling up a business to affect the lives of tens of millions of people requires a level of capital and resources that far outstrips CSR department budgets and capabilities. The microfinance industry is a rare D and E success story. The result has been explosive growth.