Tiny loans to poor people were seen as a path to prosperity, but they haven’t improved most borrowers’ economic situation.

What happens when crowdsourcing is applied to the microfinance sector? Bankers Without Borders, an initiative of the Grameen Foundation, has embraced crowdsourcing—the process of leveraging a large ...

2004-07-03 04:00:00 PDT Kangyi Village, Burma-- For Aye Than, the tiny loan begat a small boat to rent out, which begat a sewing machine, which begat four water buffalo, 9 acres of land, 50 ducks, ...

CHENNAI: Bankers play an important role in making microfinance projects successful, said K Gopal, MD, Tamil Nadu Corporation for Women Development, at the inauguration of the workshop on State Rural ...

Dead livestock in drought-stricken North Eastern province. Rural populations need funds for climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. File Projects to fight climate change are being designed ...

It is planned to implement projects in the field of microfinance in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan, Executive Director of the Azerbaijan Microfinance Association (AMFA) Jala Hajiyeva told ...

Karnataka-based microfinance provider Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) has been adjudged as the overall gold award winner by Ashden, which promotes universal access to ...