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Innovating The Brick-and-Mortar Injustice Infrastructure

Mills Scofield

This week''s post is by Andy Posner , Co-Founder & Executive Director of Capital Good Fund ( CGF ), a non-profit microfinance organization targeting the root causes of poverty through innovative micro-loans and personal financial coaching. It’s time for us to finally put poverty out of business for good. [1]

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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.