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MIX – Annual Global 100 Composite Ranking
The MIX has released the annual Global 100 Composite Ranking. Using 2007 data submitted by microfinance institutions throughout the developing world, MIX created a ranking and report to illustrate the...
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Lessons Learned on Microfinance from a Departing MCS Intern
Who knew the amazing number of people, industries, and international issues that could be linked to microcredit and microfinance? Not me, until I had an internship at Microcredit Summit Campaign (MCS)....
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Nicholas Kristof and Microfinance in Africa
Nicholas Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times. He’s covered everything from sweatshops in Asia to anthrax attacks in the US; from the Armenian Genocide to the...
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Freedom From Want from Ian Smillie
Freedom from Want describes the success story of the Global Grassroots Organisazation BRAC whose goal is to end up poverty. It is now available to anyone eager to learn more about the spread of its...
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Hans Rosling updates us on Global Development
Talking at the US State Department this summer, Hans Rosling uses his fascinating data-bubble software to burst myths about the developing world. Look for new analysis on China and the post-bailout...
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Auditing MFIs
Is it possible to get genuine performance measures concerning the social performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs)? In a recent article, I was pleased to notice that CERISE provided a tool to...
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The Micro-approach: Overlooked Way to Get out of Poverty
An excellent article in Foreign Policy entitles “How Microfinance Changes the Lives of Millions² has been published recently aiming to debunk the micro approach. The author of the article, Shweta S....
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Savings Groups: Alternative or Complement to Microcredit?
At a USAID-sponsored event this September, Kim Wilson, Malcolm Harper and Matthew Griffith spoke about the premise of their co-authored book, “Financial Promise for the Poor: How Groups Build Savings”...
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World Bank Study Reveals Importance of Better Product Design and Delivery
The World Bank released a new report late last week that debuts data gathered in a new index for measuring global financial inclusion, dubbed the “Global Findex.” The report gathers interview data from...
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Data quality and the Pro-Poor Principles
Originally posted on Truelift:Pro-Poor Principles series On 15 May 2013 we announced our Pro-Poor Principles in a blog post, found here. In this continuing series of blog posts, we will elaborate on...
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Register today for the “Matching Products and Preferences” Webinar (June 21)
Join Bankers without Borders for a panel discussion featuring Jesse Marsden from the Microcredit Summit Campaign, Guy Stuart from Microfinance Opportunities, and John D. Bergeron from Truelift as they...
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Video Recording of “Matching Products & Preferences” Webinar
Here is the promised video recording of the Bankers without Borders webinar from Friday, June 21. Continue reading →
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Strategic Partnership To Deliver Social Performance Assessments
Learn about the strategic partnership to help MFIs track and compare social performance. EspañolFrançais Continue reading →
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Report Released: How Mobile Banking Can Help Reach Clients
A promising tool in reaching digital financial inclusion at a large scale EspañolFrançais Continue reading →
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Join us for an E-Workshop on Open Source Technology and Financial Inclusion
The E-workshop will include a demo of the Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI) in the Mifox X platform and will include presenters from the community who have adopted Mifos X Continue reading →
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Health Outcome Performance Indicators will help us “understand clients”
Recap of "Healthy, Wealthy, & Wise" EspañolFrançais Continue reading →
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How families are creating step-by-step plans for poverty elimination
Fundación Paraguaya, the Poverty Stoplight, and a Campaign Commitment EspañolFrançais Continue reading →
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Is it April Fools’ Day, or ‘Groundhog Day’?
When will researchers catch up with microfinance leaders? EspañolFrançais Continue reading →
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Can tablets and apps fight poverty?
Creating innovation and technology in partnership with local communities EspañolFrançais Continue reading →
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The Business of Doing Good: A Chat with Anton Simanowitz
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