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Understanding the ‘Invisible Finance Sector’: FAI Executive Director Jonathan Morduch discusses the U.S Financial Diaries’ research on informal finance – Part 1
It’s easy to assume that informal financial tools like family loans are only used when people lack access to formal finance. But that’s not what the U.S. Financial Diaries project has found. In part one of this Q&A, Financial Access Initiative Executive Director Jonathan Morduch discusses the enduring appeal of informal finance among low-income people - and what it means for financial services providers.
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Students, Professors are Crafting a New Social Business Curricula : At McGill, collaboration charted a social business concentration
Driven largely by student input and faculty collaboration, a new concentration in Social Business and Enterprise at McGill university is intended for students interested in harnessing the not-for-profit, civil, and for-profit sectors to tackle social issues. Leading the effort is Robert J. David, Associate Professor of Strategy & Organization. His experience is particularly illustrative of how scholars and students are working together to forge new curricula in the realm of social business.
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