Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

” So the Seilers responded by piloting a program called the Pathway of Hope, which focuses on providing case management for families. Based on this insight, Habitat sought to address the deficit in more systemic ways. A critical part was adapting a proven model in a related field: microfinance.

Microfinance 10

Microfinance Strategic Planning Finance Globalization 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2013

Sasikala, a Block Development Officer (BDO), talked to the Kodapattinam villagers about microfinance , only Shantha, of all the villagers, saw the opportunity and took action. Undeterred, Shantha persisted until she persuaded the required number of people to sign up for the microfinance project.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Innovation Committee Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2013

Without economies of scale, they argued, developing societies would never develop the efficiencies needed to modernize. To address the needs of youth in developing countries, BRAC launched a girls' empowerment program, Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents (ELA), in 2008. So BRAC got into food processing.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Follow-up Bureaucracy Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Risk management processes don't — but they should. A better understanding of the drivers of behavior is needed for both banks and consumers to understand risk, and for the financial system to provide timely and targeted interventions. The challenge of better risk management cannot be achieved through regulation alone.

Banking 10

Banking Pharmaceuticals Microfinance Risk Management 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2014

Without those, the institutions managing the billions of sector dollars won’t be able accurately to assess the risks they are taking and, more important, the returns, both financial and social, they hope to generate. First, impact investing needs time to develop. Impact Investing in the Future: Developed clusters across the spectrum.

Development 9

Development Microfinance Biotechnology Exit Strategy 9

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. Paradigms : Investments that attempt to change an entire system for the better.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2016

And if you need access to money, crowdfunding platforms and microfinance options make that easier than ever. In the developed world, at least, the means of the entrepreneurial society are in place — and the developing world is catching up fast. To be a hotelier, you need a spare room. What about motive ?

Drucker 8

Drucker Microfinance Licensing Entrepreneur 8