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10.24.2013
Why poverty persists?
Sendhil Mullainathan, economist from Harvard, accompanied by Eldar Shafir psychology teacher at Princeton, conducted research to find out what influence scarcity has on our lives, our society and ...
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10.15.2013
Re-think financial education for the poor
These are questions that have been through the researchers Zollmann and Collins in one of their recent studies which suggest that especially among the poor, the traditional financial education is ...
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10.07.2013
Towards a financial inclusion revolution in India with new technologies ?
These, coupled with evolving business cases and public policy have brought a positive development of economic indicators. But despite of these successes, it is difficult to ignore the complex ...
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09.30.2013
The development of a Positive Economy: an interview with Jacques Attali
This event emerged from the desire to give meaning to the economy, aims to bring together those who think and act in the direction of a "positive" economy that seeks to promote long-term ...
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09.23.2013
A favorable climate for microfinance emerged in Bolivia
Bolivia has evolved significantly in recent years. Indeed, the national economy has shown a continued rapid growth even during financial crisis, allowing a large number of people to benefit from ...
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09.18.2013
The microfinance sector in Jordan
In 1959, Agricultural Credit Corporation launched the first microcredit programs in the country. Today, the microfinance industries in Jordan, have reached such proportions and influence that ...
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09.13.2013
Who is MFW ?
Located in the capital of Jordan, Amman, MFW (Microfund for Women) provides loans in order to help entrepreneurs, especially women, and enable them to generate income and become involved in social ...
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09.11.2013
|A pilot program to improve the living standards of the poor in Peru
The "Peru Graduation Pilot" set up in one of the ten regions supported by the program of the CGAP-Ford Foundation, aims to understand and improve the standard of living and access to finance of ...
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09.04.2013
What is responsible finance ?
Is it responsible when a financial co-operative tells its clients that their loan’s interest rates are “only 3%” (without mentioning that this price is per month, is calculated on a flat basis, ...
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08.19.2013
What lessons can we learn from the Moroccan microfinance crisis?
How did the crisis start? Let make a few steps back to understand how and why this microcredit sector crisis began in Morocco. Since its start in the late 1990s, the Moroccan microcredit ...
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