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Fixing MFI Flaws to reach the poorest poor
There have been many criticisms of microfinance as an ineffective way of reaching out to the poorest of the poor. The problems cited:-MFIs deliberately avoid the poorest whom they believe can never repay loans-loans that would help the poorest would be too small to be profitable even for...
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A New Model for Success at the BOP: Interview with David Wheeler, Part 1
Multinational companies (MNCs) have a significant role to play in private sector strategies aimed at benefiting markets at the base of the pyramid (BOP). From a development perspective however, the role of local actors, especially indigenous small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), may be...
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Healthcare Delivery: World Class Services
This is the final post in my series on financially sustainable models that provide high quality healthcare to the poor. A compilation of all posts will be available to download as a PDF next week.Healthcare for the poor is typically regarded as substandard, and it sometimes is. But a...
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How Important is Scaling Up? Debate from TBLI
WorldChanging’s Nicole Anne Boyer was able to attend the 7th Triple Bottom Line Investment (TBLI) conference in Frankfurt a few weeks back. Her thorough reporting from the event is a must-read for folks interested in socially responsible investment and its associated spin-offs (including...
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Next Generation of Business Leaders ?Bridge the Gap?: 2005 Net Impact Conference
This year?s Net Impact Conference, held at Stanford?s Graduate School of Business was by all accounts a huge success. Here are some quick stats: ? Over 1,400 participants from schools across the U.S. and internationally? Over 200 speakers on approximately 75 panels? 6...
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Healthcare Delivery: Insurance and Finance
This post is part of my continuing series about financially sustainable models that provide healthcare to the poor.In developing countries, there is a strong correlation between access to finance and access to healthcare. Getting the poor to bank, and bank profitably, could push rural...
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Microfinance Sells Out? and Investors are Buying!
Has microfinance finally gone mainstream? The fact that the Economist devoted 10-pages to a survey of the industry this month convinces me that maybe it has. Through seven different pieces, the magazine provides both a good history of efforts made over the past three decades to bank the...
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Healthcare Delivery: Consumer Products for Disease Protection – Part II
As I discussed in Tuesday?s post, there are an increasing number of businesses producing health-improving consumer products that are affordable to customers at the base of the pyramid. Today, I will highlight a few more examples, including specialized food items meant to improve nutrition,...
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