Published in The Guardian on March 7, 2011. Read the full article here or read below. Until recently, microfinance has been the golden child of international development. Microfinance companies would lend small amounts of money to poor women who would, in the ideal scenario, use them to start small businesses. Their interest rates were typically [...]
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India’s poor need help to help themselves
Posted in Microfinance, Published articles, tagged India, International development, Microfinance on March 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
India’s pirates of microfinance
Posted in Microfinance, Published articles, tagged Microfinance, The Guardian on March 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
India’s pirates of microfinance Micro-moneylenders who profit from borrowers in southern India are undermining the principles of microfinance The Guardian, Comment is Free. Published 24 March 2010. India is a land of entrepreneurs. From tech-savvy businessmen to street barbers, the country is full of people who can identify opportunities and use them to their advantage. [...]
Kiss me, I’m a visionary
Posted in Microfinance, tagged Creating a World without Poverty, International development, Microfinance, Mohammad Yunus, Visionary on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Every society needs visionaries. Individuals who see clear potential for a “better” future while recognizing the complexity of today’s limitations. Individuals who can see the big steps needed to get entire health care and economic systems back on track. Individuals who quietly push those around them to think and act outside the norm. These folks [...]
