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Women as Microfinance Leaders, Not Just Clients

Harvard Business Review

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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Can Technology End Poverty?

Harvard Business Review

That's easier said than done in a world where most product innovations are geared toward the rich. Since water deep in the ground doesn't belong to anybody, we thought of giving loans to organizations of the landless poor to drill and manage deep tube wells and sell the water to rice farmers, who would in turn benefit from higher yields.

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Can Technology End Poverty?

Harvard Business Review

That's easier said than done in a world where most product innovations are geared toward the rich. Since water deep in the ground doesn't belong to anybody, we thought of giving loans to organizations of the landless poor to drill and manage deep tube wells and sell the water to rice farmers, who would in turn benefit from higher yields.