Jason Womack

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

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? What is Kiva.org? Check out www. OjaiKivaClub.com and this incredible visualization. Five+ years of Kiva loan activity, in full color.

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Banking Microfinance Entrepreneur Process 124

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 27, 2012

This is a guest blog by Chia Han Sheng, Brown University '14, co-founder of MedInternational. 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. See what two not yet 20 year olds were able to do and sustain.

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Incentives Marketing Microfinance Entrepreneur 171

Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Blogging is a Mirror of Yourself and Your Organization. Peer-to-Peer Microfinance: A Sustainable Solution to Poverty. Viterbo University SL Blog. Do You Have a “Seagull Manager”? Strengthen Your Boss’s Weakness. Identify Your Leader’s Weakness. Do You Practice Artificial or Authentic Accountability?

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Servant Leader Leadership Microfinance Discount 150

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

Berkeley researcher Kentaro Toyama has a blog dedicated to calling out naïve or inappropriate uses of information and communication technologies (ICT). 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.

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Technology Microfinance Banking Document 18

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

Berkeley researcher Kentaro Toyama has a blog dedicated to calling out naïve or inappropriate uses of information and communication technologies (ICT). 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.

Technology 8

Technology Microfinance Banking Document 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2011

Yesterday was International Women's Day and there were many articles and blog posts championing the idea that anti-poverty philanthropy should focus on women and girls (see, for instance, Mary Ellen Iskendarian's post for The Conversation ). Consider the undeniable costs of a caricatured bias toward women.

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Microfinance Globalization Long-term Class 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2012

Grameen Bank, the microfinance bank in Bangladesh, is well known for its use of peer groups: Self-formed clubs of five to 10 people, usually women, share responsibility for microloans. This blog post was excerpted from Erik Simanis' article " Reality Check at the Bottom of the Pyramid " in the June issue of the magazine.

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Bottom-up Microfinance Price Banking 10