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. It’s time for us to finally put poverty out of business for good. [1]
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 5, 2016
A major challenge for international development efforts is determining which financial tools provide durable buffers against such setbacks. The Grameen model of microfinance gained a great deal of attention in the international development field after early data showed that it was associated with high repayment and low default.
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Modern Servant Leader
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
Why Technology Managers Make Great Leaders. How to Handle a Seagull Manager. Do You Have a “Seagull Manager”? Peer-to-Peer Microfinance: A Sustainable Solution to Poverty. Task Prioritization and Time Management – John Maxwell Style. Management. Project Management. Time Management.
Mills Scofield
MAY 5, 2015
These disciplines provide me with a tool kit to navigate any situation I am presented, and in my opinion, make me a better employee. She's spending the summer in Dhaka doing microfinance. The situations I study in history are different, but as seen above, the skills used are the same.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 8, 2011
On this 100th International Women's Day , it is right to reflect on how women have become the heart of the microfinance industry. It is easy to forget that the initial motivation for microfinance roughly 30 years ago was, to a great extent, gender neutral. Microfinance is about much more than extending credit.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 4, 2012
And at Harvard, the Kennedy School of Government's Entrepreneurial Finance Lab is examining whether psychometric screening tools that judge for "entrepreneurial ability" and "honesty" could, when paired with sales contracts, convince more banks to lend to entrepreneurs. Further research is underway now. But times have changed.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2016
My research into entrepreneurship’s role in job creation, my professional life as an entrepreneur and investor, and my experience as a one-time government official have led me to one conclusion: Entrepreneurship can solve big problems, but our government has not adequately leveraged this American-as-apple-pie tool in its foreign policy.
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