Development Controversy a Sign of Sophistication
Public debate about two prominent poverty-alleviation programs shows that over the past 15 years international development has become much more scientific.
Public debate about two prominent poverty-alleviation programs shows that over the past 15 years international development has become much more scientific.
Ambition to scale makes MFIs more financially driven.
Advances in reducing poverty, environmental protection, and other global issues threaten the status quo—a report from Rio+20.
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.
Investing in women is an opportunity, not a constraint—and one that can accelerate change for everyone.
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
Few microfinance institutions articulate what, exactly, their ultimate goals are and how to achieve them. If the goal of microfinance is to alleviate poverty, the authors say, then MFIs should focus on helping their clients build successful enterprises, rather than on making more and bigger loans.
The microcredit industry needs to be regulated through policies that address high interest rates and abusive loan recovery practices.
The seven healthy habits of nonprofits most likely to survive the economic downturn.