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. But when we asked people across the organization to think about eliminating the housing deficit—well, there’s no way you could build your way out of that.”

Microfinance 10

Microfinance Strategic Planning Finance Globalization 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

The organization I'm part of, BRAC, is known for going to scale with solutions that are often radically low-tech. At the program's peak, 700 pumps covered 27,000 acres, with the loans constituting 9% of BRAC's total microfinance portfolio. The promise was exciting — the details far less so. Immerse yourself in the details.

Technology 19

Technology Microfinance Banking Document 19

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2012

Even non-governmental organizations, hardly usual allies for the private sector, are joining the wave of support for small business. In January, Oxfam announced it would team with the asset manager Symbiotics to launch the Small Enterprise Impact Investment Fund (SEIFF), based in Luxembourg. "We Further research is underway now.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Globalization Microfinance Finance 15

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." It's not easy, but organizations can do all of the above without staying small, just as BRAC has done.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Follow-up Bureaucracy Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

The organization I'm part of, BRAC, is known for going to scale with solutions that are often radically low-tech. At the program's peak, 700 pumps covered 27,000 acres, with the loans constituting 9% of BRAC's total microfinance portfolio. The promise was exciting — the details far less so. Immerse yourself in the details.

Technology 8

Technology Microfinance Banking Document 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Watershed and natural resource management initiatives have resulted in increase in water table ranging from 3.5 Over 1,900 beneficiaries have established micro-enterprises for which microfinance has been facilitated. meters to 5 meters in the project area of over 6,000 hectares. NAF is an interesting experiment.

Innovation 9

Innovation Microfinance Parcell Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Of course, not all business event organizers work so hard to help attendees network. When those in the group that had the job givers question pulled off their masks, they discovered that Muhammad Yunus , a Nobel Prize winner for his microfinance work, had been with them, listening carefully to all their suggestions. And it worked.

Conference 8

Conference Microfinance Creativity Participative 8

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. We allowed microfinance and the venture capital industry the time and space to develop over a few decades.

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. Ultimately, asset managers can develop a matrix with financial asset classes (e.g.,

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2018

Crafting and sustaining a multifaceted identity is challenging for todays’ workers and their organizations. While changing how we see ourselves is a necessary first step, in order to manage how others see and relate to us, we also need to change how we act out our identities. Change how you think about yourself.

How To 11

How To Learning-by-Doing Examples Participative 11