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Microfinance Will Eliminate Severe Poverty – John Hatch
In an exclusive interview with Microfinance Focus, John Hatch, founder of FINCA and creator of Village banking, discusses the future of microfinance industry and FINCA’s efforts to stay committed to its social mission.
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Weekly Roundup: 1-29-12 – Creative Destruction in Response to Disaster
It would seem the real destruction in Haiti has encouraged a creative destruction of outmoded business practices in favor of new models to empower the Haitian people and their economy. Zafèn, which literally means “it’s our business’ in Haitian Creole, is but one example to emerge.
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Mobile Money Payments: Why It’s Time to Move From P2P to Me2Me
Many cite the high cost of electronic transfers as a key market barrier to leveraging mobile money platforms and enabling retail payments or other financial services to the poor. But recently, two leading mobile money providers in Kenya and Tanzania lowered their prices for small-value transfers.
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The Second Wave of Social Entrepreneurs?
I began to realize that the field of social entrepreneurship is becoming more professionalized. First consulting out of undergrad, then a one year stint at an NGO or social enterprise abroad, then B-school, then they land a "job" at an organization in this field. As I observe this shift, there are two things I am thinking about.
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The View from Canada: Impact Investing 2.0 – Your Money, Your Way
At the Social Finance Forum hosted by the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing last month in Toronto, speakers revealed new opportunities and new mechanisms for retail-sized investors seeking social and monetary dividends - from solar bonds to affordable housing.
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Guest Post: Promoting Green Entrepreneurship in India’s Auto-Rickshaw Sector
Auto-rickshaw services in Indian cities are mostly unorganized, creating myriad economic and environmental problems for both drivers and customer passengers. But linking rickshaw entrepreneurs with social investors presents a huge business opportunity to bring about social and sustainable benefits - the focus of an EMBARQ India summit next month.
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Best Ideas of 2011: Understanding Three Affordable Housing X-Factors
I spent most of 2011 in Pakistan working at Ansaar Management Company on affordable housing projects in the flood-affected areas. Reflecting on the year, there are three distinct lessons that stand out. I call them X-Factors; lessons that, if understood broadly, could make a significant difference in the way in which housing is provided for all.
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