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Reviving Financial Inclusion in the Indian Economy

Microfinance Focus | September 4, 2014

The year 2014 seems to be an interesting year for the financial sector in India. Never before has the country seen such elaborate plans for financial inclusion and

By Russell Watkins, Department for International Development - Wikimedia Commons

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Proving Progress: Social Performance Measurement in Microfinance

Microfinance Focus | August 28, 2014

“Profits shouldn’t take precedence over sustainability, which is determined not by the amount of credit available to a woman, but by the resources she can leverage to improve

Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides meets with young entrepreneurs from the State Department-sponsored Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative on the sidelines of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 12, 2012. By U.S. Department of State - Wikimedia Commons.

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Social Entrepreneurship Among Borrowers

Microfinance Focus | August 13, 2014

Large corporations have excess capital to invest in social projects, but without careful attention, local creativity and wisdom can easily be lost. While corporations may have experience and access to information, local

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Net Neutrality and Entrepreneurship

Microfinance Focus | July 14, 2014

Efforts to expand microfinance in the United States have met yet another roadblock. Although recent federal legislation to subsidize healthcare costs helped to encourage entrepreneurship, new Internet regulations proposed

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A tryst with microfinance in the Midwest

admin | April 23, 2013

Microfinance Focus, 23 April 2013: From a Southern comfort restaurant to an African grocery shop tucked away in a suburb of Des Moines – micro-enterprises are thriving in