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.

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Microfinance IPO Real Estate Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

If you believe the hype, technology is going to help us end global poverty. At the program's peak, 700 pumps covered 27,000 acres, with the loans constituting 9% of BRAC's total microfinance portfolio. Advances have indeed made a huge difference in the lives of the poor, but there's also a healthy amount of skepticism out there.

Technology 17

Technology Microfinance Banking Document 17

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

If you believe the hype, technology is going to help us end global poverty. At the program's peak, 700 pumps covered 27,000 acres, with the loans constituting 9% of BRAC's total microfinance portfolio. Advances have indeed made a huge difference in the lives of the poor, but there's also a healthy amount of skepticism out there.

Technology 8

Technology Microfinance Banking Document 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2016

Many large companies are experimenting with ways to tap into their employees’ creative ideas. This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 8th Global Drucker Forum. And if you need access to money, crowdfunding platforms and microfinance options make that easier than ever.

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Drucker Microfinance Licensing Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

” Microfinance and other market-based interventions don’t generally reach them. trillion each year , 5% of the global gross domestic product. We need to tap into their creative power. At BRAC , where I work, we call this subset the “ultra-poor.” If we’re to end poverty, we can’t ignore them.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance BHAG NGO Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2014

An estimated 250 funds are actively raising capital in a market that the Global Impact Investing Network estimates at $25 billion. As the sector grows through this period of creative destruction, models that don’t work will die out, models that survive will attract copycats, operating costs will go down, and winners will rise to the top.

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Development Microfinance Biotechnology Exit Strategy 8