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IVR: giving clients a voice in microfinance…and beyond?
Increasing the access to financial services of excluded populations in developing countries is a challenge that vexes institutions as diverse as foundations, the private sector and development organizations. One of the key components of financial …
INAISE conference holds out prospect of socially inclusive banking order
In recent years Mexico has earned a certain financial notoriety, whether from the Compartamos IPO or the alleged money-laundering activities of HSBC and others. The World Bank considers Mexico to be an ‘advanced middle income …
Support infrastructure for social enterprise – persuading the investor to be more entrepreneurial
Re-envisioning capitalism is a constant theme at the moment. As the global economy continues to reel from a financial crisis that seems to have no end in sight, people are starting to question what ‘traditional …
IFC and MasterCard Foundation to increase access to financial services in Sub-Saharan Africa
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the MasterCard Foundation have joined forces in a $37.4 million project to bring financial services to some 5.3 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa. The project will help microfinance banks …
Time for microfinance to reflect, but not too much
One of the Day One sessions at the Global Philanthropy Forum was titled ‘Microfinance in Crisis?’ and featured David Roodman, Michael Schlein, President and CEO of ACCION International, Reeta Roy of the MasterCard Foundation and …
Microfinance under the microscope: more questions being asked
Once upon time, it was impossible to talk about microfinance without something like reverence. The ‘hats off’ period seems to be over as questions about its limitations multiply. The Wall Street Journal recently accused microfinance …
BRAC to ‘jump-start’ development in war-torn West Africa
Microfinance pioneer BRAC is to lead a two-year pilot programme to help rebuild war-torn communities in West Africa. Sponsored by the Soros Economic Development Fund (http://www.sedfny.org), the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (http://www.osiwa.org), the …
