Mills Scofield

MAY 5, 2015

Yet my mind doesn’t light up the same way in microeconomics as it does learning about the overlapping women’s movement, anti-war movement and civil rights movements of the 1960s. A career advisor once told me that those who pursue liberal arts majors and enter finance, consulting or technology are not the exceptions.

CEO 70

CEO Microfinance Class Pharmaceuticals 70

Mills Scofield

MAY 5, 2015

Yet my mind doesn’t light up the same way in microeconomics as it does learning about the overlapping women’s movement, anti-war movement and civil rights movements of the 1960s. A career advisor once told me that those who pursue liberal arts majors and enter finance, consulting or technology are not the exceptions.

CEO 70

CEO Microfinance Class Pharmaceuticals 70

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2011

Microfinance has come under fire in the past 18 months, triggered in part by SKS Microfinance's IPO. Critics complain that the institutions supporting microfinance have become too greedy, and many are using this as an argument to deeply regulate or, even more, cut support to microfinance operations. I hope not.

Microfinance 13

Microfinance IPO Bottom-up Finance 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Personal savings, insurance, credit, cash transfers from family and friends and other financing mechanisms offer promising opportunities to create security and steady employment but they require a nuanced understanding of product design and the local market conditions in order to be effective.

Microfinance 11

Microfinance Insurance Banking Bottom-up 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Currently, impact can mean anything from venture investments in new health technologies to microfinance loans in Peru; from affordable housing in the US to renewable energy in India; from social impact bonds to private equity funds that create jobs. Or third, and more common, is that they sit on the impact-investing sidelines.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8