Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Morgan projected up to $1T in investment would be deployed this decade — which would make impact investing twice the size of official development aid to the world’s less develop countries (as defined by the United Nations) , presuming historic levels of aid stayed constant since 2010. Lessons from Microfinance.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance IPO Real Estate Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2012

For me, it has been a problem of finance until LEDFC," he says, referring to the Liberian Enterprise Development Finance Corporation that offers Liberian-owned firms desperately needed small business loans. The goal is "to develop sustainable banking products which are more accessible for qualified candidates and women in general."

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Globalization Microfinance Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Yet unlike in finance, where distributing risk across institutions is the goal, in drug development the focus is on isolating risk. Although new drugs are developed for those with a particular disease, they are tested in a healthy population before they are distributed and assessed in a vulnerable one.

Banking 10

Banking Pharmaceuticals Microfinance Risk Management 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Do we really want to beat India at developing clean tech, cheap medical devices, and affordable housing? Ventures should compete and cooperate with ventures, regardless of their nationalities. Microfinance (Bangladesh), securitization of revenues (Saudi Arabia), and royalty-pay-back funding (Israel) were all invented overseas.

Venture Capitalist 15

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Microfinance Finance 15