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Passion for Politics: WHS grad studies microfinance in NicaraguaWatertown Daily TimesKelsey Roets, 2007 alumnae of Watertown High School, is pictured overlooking the moutains of Boaco, Nicaragua where she studied the polical effects of microfinance for three weeks as an undergraduate at UW-Eau Claire [...]

Last week in Stockholm, over 2600 experts from around the world met to discuss the planet's water problems. Since we were able to cover only a few of those stories …

August 29, 2011 in Microfinance Matters | Tags: Financial Inclusion, Investing in Microfinance. [...]

Tracing the flow of microfinance around the globeLA ObservedKiva is an organization that matches lenders in rich countries (largely the US) with borrowers in developing countries. At last check, $240 million worth of loans have been made, with much of the money going to farmers [...]

August 29, 2011 in Microfinance Matters | Tags: Financial Inclusion, Investing in Microfinance. > Posted by Center Staff. Martin Connell came to microfinance and development by way of the private sector. He brought his business perspective …

A few days ago I wrote that [...]

Microfinance sector in Latin America and Caribbean continue to growMicrofinance FocusMicrofinance Focus, August 31, 2011: According to a recent report Microfinance Market Tendencies for Latin America and the Caribbean 2005 2010 released by MIX and the Multilateral Investment Fund, the microfinance institutions [...]

August 29, 2011 in Microfinance Matters | Tags: Financial Inclusion, Investing in Microfinance. > Posted by Center Staff. Martin Connell came to microfinance and development by way of the private sector. He brought his business perspective …

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Corporate India sets ball rolling for banking playBusiness StandardWhile companies like Religare and Shriram Group have set up dedicated teams to chart out strategies, microfinance institutions like the Vijay Mahajan-promoted Bhartiya Samruddhi Finance, popularly known as Basix, and SKS Microfinance have also thrown …Basix gets [...]

August 29, 2011 in Microfinance Matters | Tags: Financial Inclusion, Investing in Microfinance. > Posted by Center Staff. Martin Connell came to microfinance and development by way of the private sector. He brought his business perspective …

Nearly 50% of Colombia's 46 million citizens live below [...]

Microfinance: What role in Africa's development?Senegambia NewsNote to the editor: There is continuing debate about the impact of microfinance on poverty reduction. In this analysis for Africa Renewal, David Mehdi Haman and Oliver Schwank argue that while microfinance cannot transform African economies, …

Alex Counts is president, CEO and founder of Grameen Foundation, and author of several books, including Small Loans, Big Dreams: How Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus and Microfinance Are Changing the World. …

Nearly 50% of Colombia's 46 million citizens live [...]