Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

A major challenge for international development efforts is determining which financial tools provide durable buffers against such setbacks. 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.

Microfinance 10

Microfinance Insurance Banking Bottom-up 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

We wanted to create an immersive experience wherein we could introduce potential customers to our vision of energy everywhere, a place where highly trained and enthusiastic staff could entertain, educate, and entice visitors to the unique benefits of the HomeStove. Experiment #5: Microfinance Institutions.

Marketing 8

Marketing Microfinance Retail Development 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2016

There has been a boom in startups, the number of freelancers is growing rapidly, and technology-enabled platforms such as Upwork and Amazon’s MTurk are helping people find work that suits their skills and schedules. Internet technology has essentially democratized entrepreneurialism. To be a hotelier, you need a spare room.

Drucker 8

Drucker Microfinance Licensing Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Its aim is to target an important segment of the labor force, young people who have not received adequate education and training due to various external and internal factors. This challenge is not easy because we are not discussing high school or college graduates, but youth that may not have received any formal education.

Microfinance 12

Microfinance Seminar How To Education 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

And Bill Gates announced he was shifting his priorities from software development to social impact by moving full time to his foundation. Razia Jan, the founder of Zabuli Education Center in Afghanistan, for example, is empowering Afghan girls to speak up in their homes and communities by providing them with free education.

Entrepreneur 12

Entrepreneur Microfinance NGO Mission Statement 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2013

Schumacher, one of the fathers of the Green movement, declared that "small is beautiful" and called for "a new orientation of science and technology towards the organic, the gentle, the non-violent, the elegant and beautiful." Likewise, BRAC grew into a chaebol or conglomerate for social development. So BRAC got into food processing.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Follow-up Bureaucracy Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Currently, impact can mean anything from venture investments in new health technologies to microfinance loans in Peru; from affordable housing in the US to renewable energy in India; from social impact bonds to private equity funds that create jobs. Product : Investments in products or services that have positive social benefits.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8