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Mission Drift Understand It, Avoid It, James Copestake
Mission Drift Understand It, Avoid It, James Copestake
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
No abstract provided.
Accessing Commercial Capital Markets, Isaac H. Smith, Michael A. Broderick, Richard G. Winsor
Accessing Commercial Capital Markets, Isaac H. Smith, Michael A. Broderick, Richard G. Winsor
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
No abstract provided.
From Ngo To Mfi: A Guidebook For Successful Transformations, Geetha Rao Ramani
From Ngo To Mfi: A Guidebook For Successful Transformations, Geetha Rao Ramani
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
Ledgerwood and White's Transforming Microfinance Institutions: Providing Full Financial Services to the Poor was published by World Bank Publications in August 2006.
Trade-Offs Between Social And Financial Performance, Gary Woller
Trade-Offs Between Social And Financial Performance, Gary Woller
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
True or False: Trade-offs occur between social performance and financial performance in microfinance. Conventional wisdom says true. Extending formal financial services to poor and hard-to-reach clientele necessarily entails higher costs and lower per unit returns and is, subsequently, harder to scale up. The trade-off inherent in this relationship creates incentives for microfinance institutions (MFIs) to move up-market and away from their traditional poor clientele—a phenomenon known as mission drift.
Center News, Esr Review
End Matter, Esr Review
Vol. 09 No. 2 Esr Review, Esr Review
Vol. 09 No. 2 Esr Review, Esr Review
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
No abstract provided.
Editor's Introduction: Technology And Development, Paul C. Godfrey
Editor's Introduction: Technology And Development, Paul C. Godfrey
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
No abstract provided.
Front Matter, Esr Review
Empowering The Next Billion, John E. Davies
Empowering The Next Billion, John E. Davies
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
When i travel to India, China, and other growing nations, I am visibly struck by the living conditions I hear about, statistically, there is an estimated 4 billion people who live in poverty around the world. It's visible. It's tangible. But I am also hit, with equal impact, by the relentless and imaginative entrepreneurship I witness in these very same places by people who, from my frame of reference, have scarce resources.
Improving Microfinance Through Telecommunications, Peter Bladin
Improving Microfinance Through Telecommunications, Peter Bladin
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
No abstract provided.
E-Business And Economic Self-Reliance, Stephen W. Liddle
E-Business And Economic Self-Reliance, Stephen W. Liddle
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
I am often asked to speak on the subject of e-business—its ramifications for modern organizations and its impact on our students who will soon be entering the workforce. E-business is the use of information technology and electronic communication networks to exchange business information and conduct transactions in electronic, paperless form. From online retail operations to Web-enabled self-service technical support, organizations around the world are transforming in significant and far-reaching ways.
Banking The Unbanked, Janine Firpo
Banking The Unbanked, Janine Firpo
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
No abstract provided.
Double Bottom Line Growth, Patrick Crompton
Double Bottom Line Growth, Patrick Crompton
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
No abstract provided.
Pebble In A Pond, Stephen R. Barley
Pebble In A Pond, Stephen R. Barley
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
Paul C. Godfrey, associate academic director of BYU’s Economic Self-Reliance Center, sat down with Stephen R. Barley, the Charles M. Pigott Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University, to discuss problems and needs associated with implementing technology in developing countries. Barley is co-director of the Center for Work, Technology, and Organization at Stanford’s School of Engineering, and the co-director of the Stanford/General Motors Collaborative Research Laboratory. He has written extensively on the impact of new technologies on work, the organization of technical work, and organizational culture. Barley was a member of the Board of Senior Scholars of the …
Center News, Esr Review
Partner Profiles, Esr Review
Partner Profiles, Esr Review
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
No abstract provided.
Reason: Christianity To Capitalism, Assunta M. Forgione
Reason: Christianity To Capitalism, Assunta M. Forgione
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
No abstract provided.
End Matter, Esr Review
Vol. 09 No. 1 Esr Review, Esr Review
Vol. 09 No. 1 Esr Review, Esr Review
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
No abstract provided.
Front Matter, Esr Review
Editor's Introduction: Welcome To The New Esr Review, Paul C. Godfrey
Editor's Introduction: Welcome To The New Esr Review, Paul C. Godfrey
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
No abstract provided.
Creating A Dynamic Board, Paul Jansen, Andra Kilpatrick, Vishy Cvsa
Creating A Dynamic Board, Paul Jansen, Andra Kilpatrick, Vishy Cvsa
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
This article is taken from a report issued in 2003 by the Nonprofit Practice at McKinsey & Company, entitled “The Dynamic Board: Lessons from High- Performing Non-Profits.”
Does a great nonprofit organization need an exemplary board of directors? If an organization has a visionary leader, a skilled staff, loyal donors, and a substantial endowment, what does the board really add? In our consulting work, we are frequently asked to help assess board performance and identify opportunities for improvement. To get a more precise view of what makes board governance effective, we interviewed the directors or board chairs of thirty-two of …
Smart Subsidies, Jonathan J. Morduch
Smart Subsidies, Jonathan J. Morduch
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
This essay is a reprint of Morduch's article “Smart Subsidy for Sustainable Microfinance,” published in the December 2005 issue (Vol. 6 No. 4) of Finance for the Poor, the quarterly microfinance newsletter of the Asian Development Bank.
Smart subsidy might seem like a contradiction in terms to many microfinance experts. Worries about the dangers of excessive subsidization have driven microfinance conversations since the movement first gained steam in the 1980s. From then on, the goal of serving the poor has been twined with the goal of long-term financial self-sufficiency on the part of microbanks, aiming for profitability became part …
More Than A Little Good, Kevin W. Crean
More Than A Little Good, Kevin W. Crean
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
No abstract provided.
Protecting Directors Of Nonprofit Boards, Kathleen O. Thompson
Protecting Directors Of Nonprofit Boards, Kathleen O. Thompson
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
This article is adapted from Thompson’s article “Directors in a post-Enron world,” published in the Credit Union Magazine in April 2003.
Profitable Financial Systems, Maria Otero
Profitable Financial Systems, Maria Otero
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
This article is a transcription of Otero's speech entitled “The Future of Microfinance: Creating Financial Systems to Serve the Poor Majority,” given on 11 March 2005 at the Economic Self-Reliance Conference held at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Last November I met a widow of ten years in Arusha, Tanzania. Intent on providing a better life for her children and surviving as best she could, she had started a business selling rice soon after her husband died. Sophia has little education, but with a first loan of $50 she purchased a few kilo bags of rice for on-selling to …
Partner Profiles, Esr Review
Partner Profiles, Esr Review
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
No abstract provided.
Microfranchising: A New Tool For Creating Economic Self-Reliance, Jason S. Fairbourne
Microfranchising: A New Tool For Creating Economic Self-Reliance, Jason S. Fairbourne
Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review
This article is developed from a presentation given by Fairbourne and Stephen W. Gibson on December 2, 2005, at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
End Matter, Esr Review