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Front Matter, Esr Review Sep 2007

Front Matter, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Editor's Introduction: Finding Balance, Paul C. Godfrey Sep 2007

Editor's Introduction: Finding Balance, Paul C. Godfrey

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Innovation Spurs Growth, Jasmine Mohanty, Jasmine; Panda, Debadutta K. Panda Sep 2007

Innovation Spurs Growth, Jasmine Mohanty, Jasmine; Panda, Debadutta K. Panda

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

Product innovations are different and specific to MFIs, but all focus on one feature: they are all geared toward providing a wider range of financial products and intermediation options. These innovations are the launching pad and competitive advantage for MFIs, but most people are confused about these innovations.


Closing The Gender Gap, Dwight Haase Sep 2007

Closing The Gender Gap, Dwight Haase

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Partner Profiles, Esr Review Sep 2007

Partner Profiles, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Mission Drift Understand It, Avoid It, James Copestake Sep 2007

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 Sep 2007

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 Sep 2007

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 Sep 2007

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 Sep 2007

Center News, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


End Matter, Esr Review Sep 2007

End Matter, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Vol. 09 No. 2 Esr Review, Esr Review Sep 2007

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 Apr 2007

Editor's Introduction: Technology And Development, Paul C. Godfrey

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Esr Review Apr 2007

Front Matter, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Empowering The Next Billion, John E. Davies Apr 2007

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 Apr 2007

Improving Microfinance Through Telecommunications, Peter Bladin

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


E-Business And Economic Self-Reliance, Stephen W. Liddle Apr 2007

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 Apr 2007

Banking The Unbanked, Janine Firpo

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Double Bottom Line Growth, Patrick Crompton Apr 2007

Double Bottom Line Growth, Patrick Crompton

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Pebble In A Pond, Stephen R. Barley Apr 2007

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 Apr 2007

Center News, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Partner Profiles, Esr Review Apr 2007

Partner Profiles, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Reason: Christianity To Capitalism, Assunta M. Forgione Apr 2007

Reason: Christianity To Capitalism, Assunta M. Forgione

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


End Matter, Esr Review Apr 2007

End Matter, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Vol. 09 No. 1 Esr Review, Esr Review Apr 2007

Vol. 09 No. 1 Esr Review, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Toward A Dialogue With The West: The Use Of Eliot's Modernism In Al-Sayyab's City Poetry, Saddik M. Gohar Apr 2007

Toward A Dialogue With The West: The Use Of Eliot's Modernism In Al-Sayyab's City Poetry, Saddik M. Gohar

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


Full Issue Jan 2007

Full Issue

BYU Asian Studies Journal

No abstract provided.


Confucian Creatures, Sarah Cutler Jan 2007

Confucian Creatures, Sarah Cutler

BYU Asian Studies Journal

From the tortoise shells used in ancient divination to the colorful camels of Tang tombs and from companionable oxen of the rice fields to singing birds in their cages, animals have been a significant part of Chinese culture. Perhaps most intriguing to the Western mind are the fanciful mythological animals of China adorning temple roofs, tomb walls, and traditional stories. Study of these creatures reveals a deep insight into Chinese culture for not only do the traditions about them indicate the ideas humans have about the animal world, but also the animals themselves are symbolic of various ideas maintained by …


Valmiki And Hesse: Maya Through The Ages, Kevin Blankinship Jan 2007

Valmiki And Hesse: Maya Through The Ages, Kevin Blankinship

BYU Asian Studies Journal

The Vedic poet Valmiki could hardly have imagined that, with his discovery of shloka, or poetic meter, and the subsequent advent of literature as a separate aesthetic genre, Hindu notions of reality would lend expression of outrage to war-weary Germans thousands of years later. Or perhaps he did: Brahma’s benediction provided that, “so long as the mountains and rivers . . . stay on the face of the earth / So long will the story of Rama endure / So long will your fame remain.”1


Saikaku's Tales From Various Provinces, Josh Dalton Jan 2007

Saikaku's Tales From Various Provinces, Josh Dalton

BYU Asian Studies Journal

n 1685, Ihara Saikaku published his Tales from Various Provinces, a five-volume collection consisting of thirty-five short stories. Saikaku explained: “I went throughout the provinces in search of subject matter for my writings.” The result was a compilation of humorous and bizarre local legends. “Reflecting on the experience,” Saikaku wrote, “I can only conclude that people are all spooks.” By interweaving his own wit and imagination into the tales he gathered, Saikaku closed the gap separating fantasy from reality. As a result, he simultaneously emphasized both the unique nature of the human experience and the universal aspects that everyone can …