Microfinance in the News: 3.25.09
Posted by min on March 25, 2009
Big companies take interest:
Barclays boss sees future in small stuff [telegraph.co.uk]
Pfizer Takes Steps to Provide Healthcare for China’s Poor [seekingalpha]
McKinsey Quarterly interviews Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of Acumen Fund, on focusing on women as workers:
Women and leadership: Learning from the social sector [McKinsey Quarterly]
Forbes gives a shoutout to Muhammad Yunus…
Think Small: A Fix For The Economic Crisis [forbes.com]
who put things into perspective on his trip to Japan…
Meltdown not the only crisis in the world [The Jakarta Post]
while the Economist offers some insights on how MFIs have held up so far…
Sub-par but not subprime [The Economist]
Kiva had an amazing last month…
Microfinance business thriving [SF Gate]
and is looking at high tech solutions…
What recession? IT innovations help Kiva expand its microfinance mission [computerworld]
elsewhere in the world though, rough patches..
Microfinance recruitment slowing [phnompenhpost.com]
Buzz around India’s microfinance sector quietens [ft.com]
Mexico’s Microfinance Industry Undergoes Shake-Up On Crisis [news.morningstar.com]
Micro-Finance Institutions Crumble As Economic Crisis Bites [thetidenews.com]
