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The Microfinance Contagion Scenario

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

So far, the Andhra Pradesh (AP) microfinance crisis has largely been viewed as a local issue, with relatively little impact beyond AP or India's borders. Other microfinance crises, in Bolivia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, and Bosnia, have not spread beyond the borders of a particular country. That could likely have consequences.

Microfinance

Microfinance Debt to Equity Ratio MFI Crisis

Businesses Serving the Poor Need to Get Over Their Unease About Profit

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

But even more so, I believe that deep down, managers and executives feel that getting by on razor-thin margins is the morally correct way to do business among the poor. The microfinance industry is a rare D and E success story. Prahalad's brilliance and persuasiveness certainly had something to do with it.

Microfinance

Microfinance Prahalad Bottom-up Banking

Leadership Digital

The Microfinance Contagion Scenario

Businesses Serving the Poor Need to Get Over Their Unease About Profit

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