I had my doubts about microfinance in San Francisco. Having 7 months of work experience at microfinance institutes in Ecuador and Paraguay, the images I associated with South American field visits (see two photos below) included cane …
Kiva continues to be an innovator in helping expand the reaches of microfinance. By educating kids at an early age, they are planting the seed that will hopefully help alleviate poverty in the future. I think that the next step should …
SKS Microfinance IPO gets investment from George Soror’s Quantum Hedge Fund.
Microfinance Focus, July 24, 2010: At a recent Press Conference held at the Ministry of Mass Media and Information of Sri Lanka, the Cabinet Spokesman and the.
Asociacin SOLAC (www.asociacionsolac.org) is currently implementing a new project in the community of Alto Per, in the periphery of Lima, Peru. The objective of this project is to set up a community microfinance programme which will …
Microfinance in Brazil and elsewhere is about more than just giving out loans. It’s about educating and empowering the poor, many of whom are women, to create better lives for themselves. That’s why the process doesn’t just involve …
SKS Microfinance is India’S largest microfinance lender. The company is the first microfinance institution (MFI) in the country to go for a listing. The.
Microfinance Focus, July 24, 2010: Village Enterprise Fund (VEF), Headquartered in California, works in Kenya and Uganda for rural microenterprise development,
It was aimed at improving internal and external communication within organizations, increasing understanding of the importance of communicating with other MFIs and creating better understanding of microfinance among potential customers. …
Dr Ana Marr, Director of the Leverhulme Microfinance Research Project at the University of Greenwich, says: Microfinance has a key role to play not just globally, but in local communities too. By improving financial services for some …
