2011 Development Microfinance Operations 
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 22, 2013
Calling himself the ICT4D jester (using the development jargon for "information and communication technologies for development"), he has no shortage of material. At the program's peak, 700 pumps covered 27,000 acres, with the loans constituting 9% of BRAC's total microfinance portfolio. Immerse yourself in the details.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 11, 2013
The outlook is only marginally better for endowments , with returns on their invested capital hovering around 5 percent—as they did in 2011. A CED strategy starts with an asset assessment rather than a needs assessment of the poor, recognizing that even the poorest families have assets to contribute to their own development.
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Harvard Business Review
MAY 24, 2012
We've extensively analyzed the applications to the Echoing Green fellowship between 2006 and 2011, and built a rich dataset that allows us to rigorously study trends in the field of social enterprise. These hybrids pursue a social mission while engaging in commercial activities that generate revenues that help them sustain their operations.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 22, 2013
Calling himself the ICT4D jester (using the development jargon for "information and communication technologies for development"), he has no shortage of material. At the program's peak, 700 pumps covered 27,000 acres, with the loans constituting 9% of BRAC's total microfinance portfolio. Immerse yourself in the details.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 21, 2013
One way to tell the story of mothers2mothers' growth is as follows: since 2001, the organization has expanded its operations to nine countries with an approximately $20 million operating budget. Successful examples of this approach are still rare; most people point to microfinance. I'm not sure either frame is right.
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