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From Interior Design to Microfinance in South Sudan
On a warm afternoon in this dirt-road town, 34-year-old Missy Williams sits on a plastic chair beneath a thatched roof in the center of a bustling market.
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Mastercard, Singapore Management University Set Up New Financial Inclusion Program
MasterCard and Singapore Management University (SMU) have announced their partnership in a new Social and Financial Inclusion Programme spanning over two years to catalyse research on social entrepreneurship, innovation and financial inclusion.
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Live from SOCAP15 : Quotes, tweets and nugget-sized insights from the first full day
More than 2,700 people are attending the eighth annual SOCAP – which describes itself as “the largest conference in the world that is mixing the people who want to use business to change the world for good with the people who invest and make that happen” – in San Francisco this year. Here's a smattering of quotes and tweets gathered by NextBillion.
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Microlending Peer to Peer … and Back Again: After six years, Zidisha CEO presses for low-debt loans, high transparency
Many have called for more transparency and increased accountability in microcredit - and raised concerns about the often high cost of microloans to poor recipients. Since it was founded six years ago, the nonprofit Zidisha has sought to address these issues by providing a direct connection between lenders and entrepreneurs. CEO Julia Kurnia discusses the model and its challenges in part one of this Q&A.
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Tigo Pesa Helps in Tanzania’s Financial Inclusion
By ensuring that mobile money services are brought closer to the people in rural areas, the company is complimenting the government’s efforts to even out any imbalances that prevent the majority of upcountry people from carrying out financial transactions in a secure manner writes LEONARD MAGOMBA.
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Why Relying Too Heavily on Credit Scores Hides Potential Market Opportunities:
Credit scores can be limiting and in some cases, misleading. For instance, a consumer might have a high credit score while also struggling financially and vice versa. New research from CFSI looks at the missed opportunities for financial inclusion when credit scores are the limiting factor.
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Viewpoint: Responsible Investing Needs Better Steering
The focus should now be on environmental, social and governance investing, along with funds and index products that use these criteria.
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World Bank Approves $25M Loan to Support Mozambique’s Financial Sector Development
The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has approved a loan of 25 million US dollars to support the Mozambican government's financial sector development strategy.
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