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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.
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 …
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 …
Vol. 08 No. 1 Esr Review, Esr Review
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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.
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Partner Profiles, Esr Review
Partner Profiles, Esr Review
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 …
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.