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The Microfinance Contagion Scenario

Harvard Business Review

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.

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Lessons for Social Entrepreneurs from the Microfinance Crisis

Harvard Business Review

The microfinance industry has in just a few years gone from making headlines for the Nobel Peace Prize to stories about limited impact, allegedly abusive tactics, client suicides, government crackdowns, major lenders struggling with insolvency and the forcible removal of Mohammed Yunus as Managing Director of Grameen Bank.

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Why CEOs have Liberal Arts Degrees

Mills Scofield

Some of today's top CEOs were history, political science, sociology, chinese and music majors in college. She's spending the summer in Dhaka doing microfinance. They are leading global airline, chemical, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and financial companies, among others. Let's hear it from her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

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Why CEOs have Liberal Arts Degrees

Mills Scofield

Some of today's top CEOs were history, political science, sociology, chinese and music majors in college. She's spending the summer in Dhaka doing microfinance. They are leading global airline, chemical, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and financial companies, among others. Let's hear it from her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

CEO 70
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Servant Leadership Observer ? November 2010

Modern Servant Leader

Peer-to-Peer Microfinance: A Sustainable Solution to Poverty. Servant Leadership in Politics. Servant Leadership Observer – December 2010. Careers for Servant Leaders. The Value of Making Time for Gratitude. Know Your Social Media Hierarchy. Task Prioritization and Time Management – John Maxwell Style.

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What Makes Social Entrepreneurs Different

Harvard Business Review

As a result, social entrepreneurs are more interested in understanding the social, economic, political, and cultural context of the problems they are trying to solve than traditional entrepreneurs are. That model might solve a social problem — but if it's profitable and doesn't fix the problem, that's okay, too.

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How to Create Youth Jobs After Conflicts

Harvard Business Review

With fragile economic structures, young people are very vulnerable to political manipulations. Upon graduation, the governments, nonprofits, or (more recently) microfinance companies give them loans to buy tools and opens shops. In these countries, youth unemployment is staggering. This represents a threat to peace and stability.

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