Microfinance Roundup May 21, 2009

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  • The AFP reports from the Global Microcredit Summit in Spain that the vast majority of the world’s poor still have no access to microcredit. (link)
  • PC World reports on the work of Mifos to create affordable software solutions for microfinance institutions. (link)
  • Tim Ferris talks about Matt Flannery, Jessica Jackley, and Muhammad Yunus in “Think Big, Start Small”. (link)
  • And the Economist profiles Jacqueline Novogratz of Acumen Fund (link).

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