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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW MARCH 16, 2011 Women as Microfinance Leaders, Not Just Clients We're a network of microfinance organizations; we exist to share practices and develop the leadership skills required by a sector that has grown up fast. And as you might be aware, microfinance is a phenomenon that, while it did not set out to be "for women," has mainly turned out to be. Diversity Gender microfinance WWB | HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW FEBRUARY 27, 2012 Learning from Microfinance's Woes A few weeks ago, I attended a lecture about microfinance, and got sucker-punched. Expecting to hear a litany of pros and cons about the business, and an exploration of good and bad models, I was instead greeted with a knockout punch: Microfinance doesn't work, at least not in the way we think it does. Nonprofit microfinance ANDE | | | | | |
| | | HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW MARCH 8, 2011 Banking on Women and Girls: Key to Global Poverty Alleviation On this 100th International Women's Day , it is right to reflect on how women have become the heart of the microfinance industry. It is easy to forget that the initial motivation for microfinance roughly 30 years ago was, to a great extent, gender neutral. Microfinance is about much more than extending credit. fewer children. | HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW JUNE 10, 2011 The Microfinance Contagion Scenario So far, the Andhra Pradesh (AP) microfinance crisis has largely been viewed as a local issue, with relatively little impact beyond AP or India's borders. Other microfinance crises, in Bolivia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, and Bosnia, have not spread beyond the borders of a particular country. That's exactly what's happening. | HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW APRIL 22, 2011 Lessons for Social Entrepreneurs from the Microfinance Crisis The microfinance industry has in just a few years gone from making headlines for the Nobel Peace Prize to stories about limited impact, allegedly abusive tactics, client suicides, government crackdowns, major lenders struggling with insolvency and the forcible removal of Mohammed Yunus as Managing Director of Grameen Bank. | | | | | | | |
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2011 Under Fire, Microfinance Faces Falling Out of Favor
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. hope not. MORE >> -
JASON WOMACK | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2011  I'm a bank - well, with the help of Kiva.org!
Intercontinental Ballistic Microfinance from Kiva Microfunds on Vimeo. What happens when 620,000 lenders fund 615,000 entrepreneurs, students, and other microfinance borrowers around the world? Ok for the first 3 people to suggest loan recipients, I will loan to entrepreneurs at www.Kiva.org. Will you join? What is Kiva.org? link]. MORE >> -
MILLS SCOFIELD | MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012  Guest Post: An Entrepreneur's Thoughts on Market Incentives & Foreign Aid
One of his main tasks was to structure a hedging derivative that negated foreign exchange risks so that Microfinance institutions could take safer loans from the developed world. think that microfinance is one of those rare game changing social initiatives that manages to use market forces to drive social change. years. MORE >> -
CHARTERED MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 Book Review: The Social Entrepreneur’s Handbook
Rupert is the CEO of the foundation for International Community Assistance, a leading microfinance institution. The Social Entrepreneur’s Handbook by Rupert Scofield is written to guide the aspiring social entrepreneur through the full range of activities of starting, building and running a social business. Review by David Stephens FCMI. MORE >> -
CO2 | MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2012  What is the best way to make a difference in the world?
My solution was to found a microfinance organization that puts women in a position to create their own destinies and achieve their full potential. This question is at the heart of Jacqueline Novogratz’s inspirational book, The Blue Sweater. But for me, the book’s most powerful message is that we are all connected. But how? Chingwell Mutombu. MORE >>
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