I'm guilty of having dissed microcredit. A lot. Here's a bit of a mea culpa, and an acknowledgement of all the good things the microcredit boom accomplished.
I'm guilty of having dissed microcredit. A lot. Here's a bit of a mea culpa, and an acknowledgement of all the good things the microcredit boom accomplished.
He explores one of the most fundamental assumptions of microfinance—that it reduces the costs of borrowing and saving for the poor.
We know that we work in situations of complexity, unpredictability. So why do we keep approaching problems and analysis in the same way?
Weren’t we saying the same things about microcredit in the 1980’s and ’90’s? And then… didn’t things turn a little, uh, sour?
My grandmother too would be smiling happily, wherever she now is, to see the fundamental principle of her system being applied to the most recently pervasive technology
Recently while visiting Naomi, a home brewer in Western Kenya, a customer came by to ask for Ksh 20 worth of liquor. He quickly ...
Kim takes down Dean Karlan, who for no good reason seems to be taking down informal mechanisms.
Brett helps us learn from the German experience.
Where the rest of the world sees problems, entrepreneurs see opportunities.
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Twenty-two castaways are struggling to maintain hope on Elephant Island, a barren and frozen speck halfway between Cape Horn and Antarctica.
Savings Group promoters keep looking for a New Thing, a product or service that will respond to the question “What’s Next”
I recently was asked to read a draft of an academic paper on the pitfalls of microcredit and the virtues of savings groups. The paper ...
Here’s a link to an excellent review of In Their Own Hands: How Savings Groups are Revolutionizing Development
Tiger and Shark are both convinced they are the Most Strongest of All Animals.
Crab tells Tiger...