Matt Flannery, cofounder of the microfinance website Kiva.org, discusses microfinance and its ramifications for economic development and poverty reduction. Since you started Kiva, microfinance has ...

As well as being a seminal quote from John F Kennedy’s inaugural address, “help them help themselves” is an idea that has long been discussed and explored with respect to the global poverty agenda. As ...

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The Economic Survey said on Thursday that prioritising metrics which track household well-being over indicators of scale, such as the number of borrowers and total loans will strengthen the ...

Those are some of the findings from research conducted for the 2021-2022 60 Decibels Microfinance Index, aimed at assessing the effectiveness of microfinance practices—by talking to customers. Based ...

Operators emphasise governance, risk management, and compliance to drive financial inclusion and safeguard sustainability.

The microfinance industry serves around 7 crore low-income women borrowers. Including household members, it impacts nearly 30 ...

The Bihar Legislative Assembly has passed a crucial bill that aims to introduce stricter measures and regulation for microfinance institutions in the state, which is the largest market for these ...

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