At UC Berkeley, Microsoft chairman and philanthropist Bill Gates discusses the pros and cons of microfinance. He says, while the interest rates are very high, the system can help developing countries improve basic services such as …
At UC Berkeley, Microsoft chairman and philanthropist Bill Gates discusses the pros and cons of microfinance. He says, while the interest rates are ve.
Renewable energy and microfinance are among the hottest buzzwords of the past few years. Now, Australian entrepreneur Hugh Whalan and New York energy specialist Scott Tudman are bringing the two together in Energy In Common, …
Before my board meeting in Kenya, we visited a number of small-scale entrepreneurs supported by the Kenya Entrepreneurship Empowerment Foundation (KEEF), a microfinance institution funded in part by Grameen. One day we drove into the …
Lately the microfinance industry has come under a lot of scrutiny, but media coverage doesn’t reveal the full picture. A recent New York Times article painted microfinance an industry overrun by big banks that charge eye-popping …
Microfinance has a lot of different outcomes. First of all, there are the ‘escape from poverty, empower yourself, send all your children to school, invest in your business, create jobs, access quality healthcare’ outcomes.
Written by Annabel Vanroose and Bert D’Espallier, published by the Emile Bernheim Center Research Institute in Management Sciences at the Solvay Brussels School.
SKS Microfinance, an Indian microfinance institution (MFI) registered as a non-banking financial company (NBFC), reportedly has plans to apply for a commercial.
I’m not a big fan of Bono’s new gig as a contributing columnist over at the Times (mostly because I find him to be a much better singer than writer), though I will give credit to anyone who can use… Read more of this post, …
The attractive microfinance space is throwing up distinct niches. Enter Leapfrog Investments, a microinsurance fund, which is looking at allocating close to $40 million from its $110-million global fund in India. …
