Archive for April, 2009
Will Microfinance Survive the Financial Crisis?
Peter Frerichs at Pole to Pole Consulting compiled a list of documents on microfinance and the financial crisis.
Microfinance 2.0: Innovative Solutions to Thrive in the Downturn
Investor and Practitioner Conference in San Francisco, June 15-17
Chinese Microfinance Organization Wokai Launches Chapter in New York
April 29, 2009 — Wokai, an innovative funding site for Chinese microfinance, is launching a chapter in New York on May 27th. For more information, check out their blog.
Nine Days Following Microfinance in Peru
Seattle-based Global Partnerships just led a group of travelers on a nine-day trip to Peru to see microfinance programs in action. What did they learn? A lot, including why FONDESURCO loan officers needs stamina and strong lungs.
Does Profit Motivate the Poor in Microfinance?
April 28, 2009: Parminder Bahra explores the premise in microfinance that the poor are profit-driven. (Times of London)
Job Opportunity at Global Visionaries
Global Visionaries is seeking a Program Manager for its educational programs in international development.
Palestinian and Jewish Students Collaborate through Microfinance
April 28, 2009 (Wiretap) Microcredit is usually championed for giving farmers, street vendors and shopkeepers a reliable access to credit they otherwise wouldn’t receive. But with the launch of LendforPeace.org, an online non-profit microfinance brokerage that focuses exclusively on the Palestinian territories, microcredit may soon be hailed as more than a tool for combating poverty. [...]
Getting Microfinance Right
April 28, 2009 (Forbes) Even in the midst of the current economic meltdown, there is reason for new optimism in the fight to reduce global poverty.The optimism starts with the evolution of microfinance, which has proved not only that the poor are credit-worthy, but that banking institutions serving the poor are investment-worthy. (full article)
Zach Silk on Peer to Peer Lending
April 26th, 2009 (Blab Lab) Peer-to-peer lending is the oldest form of finance and it is rooted in the principles of community. Its first formal structure stretches back to 600 AD in China, but the basics of peer-to-peer lending were present in the earliest human civilizations. Banks didn’t come around until much later. (full post)
Twitter and Microfinance
We resisted, but finally relented. And you know what? You should join the conversation on Twitter about microfinance.
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