Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

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. Micro-insurance is not at scale anywhere except when heavily subsidized by government, a market we hope technology may change in the future.

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Microfinance Insurance Banking Bottom-up 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Career paths are not one-size-fits-all, yet in emerging markets, it's often assumed that microfinance — the use of small loans to foster self-reliant small businesses in a community setting — is the only path for women seeking economic opportunity. Microfinance was one issue that we considered.

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Microfinance Flextime Globalization Telecommunications 8

Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Comments Policy. Comments Policy. Book Says Servant Leadership Critical for Marketing Leaders. Peer-to-Peer Microfinance: A Sustainable Solution to Poverty. September 20, 2011 Servant Leadership. Servant Leadership Intro. Servant Leader Posts. Assessment. About This Site. About the Author. Twitter Followers. Assessment.

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Servant Leader Leadership Microfinance Discount 150

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

Prahalad and his colleagues more than a decade ago in a series of articles and books, and it has stuck in the minds of businesspeople, policy makers, and nonprofits despite results that can only be described as dismal. The microfinance industry is a rare D and E success story. At a price equivalent to 10 U.S.

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Microfinance Prahalad Bottom-up Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

” Microfinance and other market-based interventions don’t generally reach them. ” Dozens of governments are now looking at ways to integrate graduation programming into their social protection policy and efforts. At BRAC , where I work, we call this subset the “ultra-poor.”

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Microfinance BHAG NGO Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

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. Opportunities and markets are global. Entrepreneurs don't need to help America beat China or Brazil in addressing the needs of customers and markets.

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Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Microfinance Finance 15