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21st Mar 2009
Sa-Dhan to Host Microfinance Conference in New Delhi
Sa-Dhan, an association of community development finance institutions in India will host a National Microfinance Conference in New Delhi on March 31, 2009. The conference is centered on the theme, ‘Mi...
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31st Jan 2009
Muhammad Yunus speaks to NYU
Here are some high level points from his talk last night. My own observations are preceded by initials, while comments he said are left alone. I kept them in this order as this was the original chrono...
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25th Oct 2008
[Guest Post]: Financial Literacy and Microfinance - New Research
Editor’s Note: Aparna Dalal works with the Financial Access Initiative, a research consortium between New York University, Harvard, Yale, and Innovations for Poverty Action. FAI is focused on finding ...
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16th Oct 2008
To Profit or Not to Profit
> According to Mr Chu, “to roll back poverty rather than to merely alleviate it”, any solution needs to be able to reach massive numbers, deliver permanent results that can help many generations, prov...
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26th Aug 2008
Loans that can save Lives
Indians have a much higher pre-disposition for heart disease, and are genetically three times more vulnerable to a heart attack as compared to people living in many Western nations. While cardiovascul...
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8th Aug 2008
Microfinance Transparency charged to clear the air
The field of microfinance is hot these days – some would argue too hot, in fact. In this flurry of activity, it seems its originally intended purpose – service to the poor – is in danger of being over...
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21st Jul 2008
Yunus inspires a bollywood movie character
Once in a while, its not uncommon to see a Bollywood movie taking on a pertinent social issue and the same time striving to be commercially successful. On that spirit, the latest bollywood release tit...
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24th Apr 2008
Op-Ed: Should SKS Microfinance go Public?
A recent article on www.sramanamitra.com postulates that SKS Microfinance, which offers “several microfinance options to the poor in India for a variety of businesses from agriculture and livestock pu...
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9th Apr 2008
InternetSpeech - The New Digital Genie?
In a recent interview with Fortune Magazine, Muhammad Yunus beautifully articulated his dream of a “Digital Aladdin’s Lamp”, which would provide poor women around the world with access to global marke...
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4th Apr 2008
Evening Edition
Some table topics as you start preparing for dinner:Humanitarian awards: The Grameen Foundation reports today that Mohammad Yunus will be awarded the James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award. The awa...
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24th Mar 2008
OneRoof aims to be a one-stop shop for essential services
Operating as a for-profit SE, OneRoof through its subsidiary in Chennai (and another in Mexico) intends to build out franchises throughout the country that offer what it considers nine essential servi...
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11th Mar 2008
Op-Ed: Microeffect of Microfinance
A recent article in the New Yorker echoed sentiments expressed by many venture capitalists that have begun to shift their focus on the developing world and BoP markets that microfinance, while an amaz...
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