Development Innovation Marketing Microfinance 
Mills Scofield
JUNE 16, 2013
This week''s post is by Andy Posner , Co-Founder & Executive Director of Capital Good Fund ( CGF ), a non-profit microfinance organization targeting the root causes of poverty through innovative micro-loans and personal financial coaching. Maybe you can help! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
A few weeks ago, I attended a lecture about microfinance, and got sucker-punched. Expecting to hear a litany of pros and cons about the business, and an exploration of good and bad models, I was instead greeted with a knockout punch: Microfinance doesn't work, at least not in the way we think it does. That's nice.
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Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 5, 2016
A major challenge for international development efforts is determining which financial tools provide durable buffers against such setbacks. While meeting this challenge is a clear priority for policy makers and donors, it is also a major profit opportunity for commercial players who can solve market failures and create real value.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
On my last trip to India, I witnessed an innovation experiment, National Agro Foundation (NAF) , that addresses this wicked problem. Addressing the agriculture value chain—soil testing, facilitation of inputs and credit, market linkage, and field advisory services—is part and parcel of agriculture development initiatives.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 18, 2016
Not many would associate innovation with large, service-oriented nonprofits with decades of history. Army staffers now develop individual strategies to overcome these barriers, connecting families to community services to achieve self-sufficiency. A critical part was adapting a proven model in a related field: microfinance.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 4, 2012
The White House has called this gap between the demand and supply of finance for small and medium enterprises a "market failure.[and] Yet new breeds of solutions are emerging, with private and public players joining hands to find innovative answers. The program is expected to expand from Tanzania to other countries later this year.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 11, 2013
When presented with a surprising idea, smart organizations will bravely listen, because what comes next might just be game-changing innovation. Six years ago, David and Donna Allman approached Opportunity with an idea that fell outside our traditional microfinance model: to build a Community Economic Development (CED) program in Nicaragua.
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