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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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Making Microfinance More Effective

Harvard Business Review

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. And third, digital platforms can facilitate innovation in product and service design.

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Servant Leadership Observer ? November 2010

Modern Servant Leader

Comments Policy. Comments Policy. Peer-to-Peer Microfinance: A Sustainable Solution to Poverty. Innovation. September 20, 2011 Servant Leadership. Servant Leadership Intro. Servant Leader Posts. Assessment. About This Site. About the Author. Twitter Followers. You are here: Home >Not found: Not Found, Error 404.

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Entrepreneurship Needs to Be a Bigger Part of U.S. Foreign Aid

Harvard Business Review

Because entrepreneurship reliably generates jobs, and joblessness — especially among young people or failing states – is probably one of the most significant root causes of the unrest and extremism vexing American foreign policy and threatening American security today. And this is a budding field.

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President Obama Can Make Start-Up America Succeed

Harvard Business Review

I don't take that for granted; many policy makers in other countries form policy in a vacuum, or engage the "private sector" by only speaking with large corporations. Encourage financial entrepreneurship and innovation. We don't innovate in entrepreneurial finance enough in the U.S.:

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How to Make Room in Your Work Life for the Rest of Your Self

Harvard Business Review

Embracing your multiple identities can improve your ability to take others’ perspectives and engage in creative and innovative behavior. For example, one microfinance organization that is dually devoted to advancing a social mission and being commercial viable says employees are both “social workers” and “bankers.”

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