MICROFINANCE

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THE WORLDPOST
How Microfinance Reduces Gender Inequality In Developing Countries
By The Conversation Global, Contributor
The Conversation is a collaboration between editors and academ...
We found evidence of a negative relationship between women’s participation in microfinance and gender inequality.
WORLDPOST
How Islamic finance can help address global inequity
By Naser Haghamed, Contributor
CEO of Islamic Relief Worldwide, an independent humanitarian a...
IMPACT
The Impressive Impact of Village Banking in Paraguay
By FOMIN, Contributor
The Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Develop...
By Lorena Rios and Alejandro Hernández From the Multilateral Investment Fund Trends blog However, a newer innovation is another
IMPACT
Passionate About Potential
By Andy Bryant, Contributor
Andy Bryant is the Executive Director of Segal Family Foundati...
Barry Segal, the founder of Segal Family Foundation, always says you can't be "all over the lot." Or to borrow from this
BUSINESS
How a Microloan Helped My Business Grow
By NerdWallet, Contributor
Providing clarity for all of life's financial decisions.
In addition to microloans to small businesses, Opportunity Fund also promotes microsavings. This program matches every dollar
WOMEN
How a Sanitary Pad Project in India Benefits Both Girls' Education and the Environment
By Deborah Burns, Contributor
Author and co-founder of Skirting the Rules
Why? Getting your period is one of the biggest reasons for girls to miss school in these communities, making them more likely
WORLDPOST
A Better Way Forward In Afghanistan
By Nake M. Kamrany, Contributor
Professor of Economics, University of Southern California
At the NATO summit in Warsaw, German Chancellor Angela Merkel offered her support for a continued NATO presence in Afghanistan, citing a need to stem the persistently high levels of Afghan immigration to Germany and Europe.
WOMEN
Why Women Entrepreneurs Are Underrated Investments -- And What To Do About It
By Gina Harman, Contributor
CEO, U.S. Network, Accion
Leaders in the financial inclusion space can help close this financing gap by recognizing the factors that contribute to
IMPACT
Ugandan Farmers Put Savings in a Digital Wallet
By Lutheran World Relief, Contributor
Non-profit working with local partners to provide lasting solu...
The move to mobile in the savings and lending groups capitalizes on the increasing accessibility and use of mobile technology in Africa, even in some of the remotest areas.
IMPACT
Orphanages that hate orphanages
By Bekka Ross Russell, Contributor
Founder and Executive Director of The Small Things, an NGO wor...
I founded and run an organization that includes an orphanage, and I hate orphanages. Just one of the many mind-bending situations you find yourself in when working in community development, halfway around the world.
IMPACT
This Entrepreneur Raised $9.2M to Bring Banking to Underserved Areas
By Jason Choi, Contributor
Investing in an inclusive and sustainable future
Single mothers running small stores, struggling to buy their children school uniforms as they work long hours to make ends meet. That was the image that stuck with Matthew Flannery when he was in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya more than a decade ago.
IMPACT
But Aren't Those Kids Broken? Poverty Porn vs. Reality
By Bekka Ross Russell, Contributor
Founder and Executive Director of The Small Things, an NGO wor...
When I decided to spend most of a year living and volunteering in Tanzania, I said early on that I didn't want to do orphanage work. I love kids, always have, and for exactly that reason, I thought it would be too sad to be around traumatized, orphaned children. I couldn't have been more wrong.
IMPACT
The Story of Zidisha: Dramatically Reducing Microloan Interest Rates
By Julia Kurnia, Contributor
Director, Zidisha
Using small first loans as tests for credit-worthiness allowed us to safely transition to a mostly automated vetting process
IMPACT
Megan Tamte - A Dream Come True
By Renata M. Black, Contributor
Paradigm Shifter
Talk about going from dream watcher to dream catcher! Even more phenomenal is learning how Megan leaned into fear which ultimately
IMPACT
Lynne Coté & Kimberly Inskeep : Women Empowering Women
By Renata M. Black, Contributor
Paradigm Shifter
Kimberly: About 21 years ago, right around the time I gave birth to my daughter, I began to wonder if I could be part of
IMPACT
The Progress and Promise for Women Around the World
By Elizabeth L. Littlefield, Contributor
President and CEO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporati...
In places where billions of women still eke out a living and care for their families amid extreme poverty, one can find examples
WOMEN
International Women's Day: A Day for Offering Opportunity
By Kimberly Inskeep, Contributor
Chief Culture Officer and President, cabi
On March 8, International Women's Day will be here again -- and while this is a prompt to celebrate all the great things women are accomplishing around the world, this year, I cannot help but have a heavy heart around a sobering message.
IMPACT
A Groundbreaking New Kind Of Tourism Makes Rural Mexican Villages Smarter, Stronger And Richer
By Carly Schwartz, Contributor
Editor in Chief, Google Insider
I am sitting cross-legged on the floor of Mendoza's modest show-room, a cement shack painted yellow and stacked with blankets and tapestries for sale. About a dozen tourists from around the world sit in clusters around me, watching Mendoza's 80-year-old mother prepare the wool for spinning
IMPACT
Thanksgiving: This Week in Daily Giving
By Ariel Nessel, Contributor
Co Founder of The Pollination Project
From Shari Jones' project to bring vegan nutrition education to South Central LA, to Terrance Ransom's Oakland, CA-based project to help kids heal from grief and loss through video games, this week we are proud to support another crop of seeds of change in our world.
IMPACT
Engines of Change: Thankful for Women Entrepreneurs
By Vicki Escarra, Contributor
Global CEO, Opportunity International
Day in and day out, women entrepreneurs around the world fight to rise against natural disasters, legal oppression and economic downturns. They continue to be the single greatest untapped resource in this world.
GREEN
Why One Mexican Farmer Got Her Whole Town Hooked On Worms
By Carly Schwartz, Contributor
Editor in Chief, Google Insider
Domitila has been fascinated by working with the earth since she was a young girl, growing up in a Mazahua indigenous community nearby. There, she says she spent her childhood learning how to grow her own crops.
IMPACT
Twenty Years of Women's Financial Inclusion
By Gayle Gatchalian, Contributor
Senior Associate, Knowledge and Communications, Women's World ...
The types of financial services that low-income women are able to access have also changed. In 1995, we were still promoting the idea that low-income women entrepreneurs were optimal loan clients. Today, financial institutions are offering savings, microinsurance, digital financial services to rural families, women who work in factories, and women who run larger businesses.
EDUCATION
One Thing You Can Do to Give Back to Teachers
By Craig Newmark, Contributor
Founder, craigslist + Craig Newmark Foundation
I still fund teacher's projects on a regular basis, because I've learned that giving in this way really makes a difference
IMPACT
How One Couple Baked Their Way Through Tragedy
By Carly Schwartz, Contributor
Editor in Chief, Google Insider
The smell of melting butter and baking dough wafts through the town of Tetela. Two neighborhood boys amble up to Miguel and Irma's front gate, pressing their noses in the spaces between the metal. "Ya tienen pasteles?" one of them shouts excitedly. Are your pastries ready?
IMPACT
Small Loans Mean Big Opportunities for Women in the Philippines
By Maura Hart, Contributor
Knowledge and Communications, Women's World Banking
As small business owners in the Philippines, these women often do not qualify for traditional loans and other commercial banking services. They look to nonprofit financial institutions like Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF) for financial services that are specifically designed to help them build their businesses.
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