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Scoring for Access: Emerging evidence on the impact of credit scoring on SME lending
In developing countries, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are an important source of innovation and employment. But in 2010, available credit for these SMEs fell about one trillion dollars short of demand. Credit scoring can help financial institutions meet this demand, and Innovations for Poverty Action has studied several credit scoring innovations that can promote SME growth.
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Life Without Cola: ColaLife founder Berry says anti-diarrhea effort didn’t need Coca-Cola’s distribution system, after all
For 20 years, Simon Berry dreamed of including life-saving anti-diarrhea medicine in Coca-Cola crates. After the dream came true with ColaLife, however, he discovered that the piggyback method was actually a constraint; people were buying more anti-diarrhea kits than Coke.
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