Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Impact investing can learn from the history of microfinance — the provision of debt and other financial services to the poor — an industry that was at a similar stage 15 years ago. Lessons from Microfinance. There are two major debates in particular about microfinance that are relevant for the impact investment industry.

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Microfinance IPO Real Estate Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

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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Microfinance Entrepreneur Crisis Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

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 could likely have consequences.

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Microfinance Debt to Equity Ratio MFI Crisis 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

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.

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Microfinance Diversity Banking Trends 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Grameen model of microfinance gained a great deal of attention in the international development field after early data showed that it was associated with high repayment and low default. People don’t need to borrow money during a personal crisis if they have their own savings.

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Microfinance Insurance Banking Bottom-up 10

Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Holocaust and the 2008 Financial Crisis – Leadership Lessons in Resistance. Peer-to-Peer Microfinance: A Sustainable Solution to Poverty. Twitter Lists For Event Preparation & Catalyst Discount Code. If You Seek Prestige, Please Don’t Try To Lead… Servant Leadership Profile: Lionel Logue.

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Servant Leader Leadership Microfinance Discount 150

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

“Ninety percent of the Corps and service units [told us that they] were providing all of those basic services people need to survive in crisis,” Seiler explained. A critical part was adapting a proven model in a related field: microfinance. The results corroborated their concerns.

Microfinance 9

Microfinance Strategic Planning Finance Globalization 9