Microfinance
Social Enterprises and Growth: Lessons from the Microcredit Debate
Ambition to scale makes MFIs more financially driven.
Tag: Microfinance
Podcast
Economic Development
Mobile and Branchless Banking
In this audio interview, Sheela Sethuraman speaks with one of branchless banking's greatest proponents and the co-founder of Eko India Financial Services, Abhishek Sinha.
Impact Investing
ReCoding Good: Part 6
From the Field Series: An ongoing report of the Philanthropy, Policy, and Technology Project, which explores the use of private resources for public good.
Social Entrepreneurship
Mainstreaming Gender Lens Investing
Investing in women is an opportunity, not a constraint—and one that can accelerate change for everyone.
Measuring Social Impact
Learning from Silicon Valley
How the Omidyar Network uses a venture capital model to measure and evaluate effectiveness.
Impact Investing
The Distortion Risk in Impact Investing
How do we ensure that philanthropic subsidies in impact investing are put to productive use?
Microfinance
The Legacy of Muhammad Yunus
A new documentary film provides a tributary but simplistic portrait of the father of microfinance.
Economic Development
Microfinance for Wealthy Countries
The UK microcredit business Fair Finance is paving the road for the growth of microfinance in the developed world.
Business
Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
The Entrepreneurial Finance Lab helps identify investment-worthy business people in developing countries.
Microfinance
Akhuwat: Making Microfinance Work
A groundbreaking microfinance model is bringing out the best in society.