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 18

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

JUNE 20, 2012

This combination of higher margins and higher price points boosts the contribution — the amount of money that goes to covering fixed and operating costs — generated from every transaction. This blog post was excerpted from Erik Simanis' article " Reality Check at the Bottom of the Pyramid " in the June issue of the magazine.

Bottom-up 10

Bottom-up Microfinance Price Banking 10