Wikipedia offers a good definition of microfinance along with an excellent bibliography. The site also lists the following academic programs. … Read More»

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So Lynn McMullen and I chatted today and we thought it would be neat to start planning for a series of podcast interviews of women thought leaders in microfinance. … Read More»

Here's a grassroots online microcredit project I found though the link in Cori's post... complete with performance reports: http://www2.povertyfighters.com/. … Read More»

Village Credit Committees: This is an encouraging video blueprint that presents a detailed description of the activities and benefits derived by a group of women in Chhattisgarh, India, who successful run a microcredit program in their village. Learn their secrets in a 6-minute video located here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKGOcJRc9fc. Posted to YouTube by "ranaghose" Running time: 5 minutes, 46 seconds … Read More»

Microcredit summit links Here's a link to a great list of organizations that can serve as resources in the area of microcredit. Anyone have any others that may be useful but weren't mentioned? If the above link doesn't work follow this URL: http://www.microcreditsummit.org/links.htm … Read More»