Interview with Marguerite Robinson on the role of savings in microfinance.Dr. Robinson has worked extensively in Asia, in rural and tribal areas and among the urban poor. She served for many years as adviser to the Indonesian Ministry of Finance and to Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) on the developm...
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A senior microfinance specialist of CGAP, Syed Hashemi is introducing a big microfinance program in Bangladesh, namely BRAC. BRAC is an amazing example of how one combines microfinance with other development efforts. Syed Hashemi looks both at similarities and differences between Grameen Bank and...
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Dr. Muhammad Yunus speaks about his latest book, "Creating a World Without Poverty" at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. DR. YUNUS is a native of Bangladesh, and was educated at Dhaka University where he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study economics at Vanderbilt Univ...
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Gautam Ivatury, Microfinance Specialist, Manager - Technology Programme, CGAP, talks about the importance and implementation of Management Information System in MFI. CGAP is housed at the World Bank, but operates as an independent entity. It has its own governance structure, designed with an agil...
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Syed Hashemi, a senior microfinance specialist of CGAP, introduces anew pathway for the poor rest to graduate out of poverty: linking two aspects of development, safty nets and the world of microfinance.
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Interview with Mark Schreiner, Director, Microfinance Risk Management. In rich countries, lenders often rely on credit scoring?formulae to predict risk based on the performance of past loans with characteristics similar to current loans?to inform decisions. Can credit scoring do the same for micr...
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Syed Hashemi, a senior microfinance specialist of CGAP, introduces anew pathway for the poor rest to graduate out of poverty: linking two aspects of development, safty nets and the world of microfinance.
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Dr. Muhammad Yunus speaks about his latest book, "Creating a World Without Poverty" at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. DR. YUNUS is a native of Bangladesh, and was educated at Dhaka University where he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study economics at Vanderbilt Univ...
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A senior microfinance specialist of CGAP, Syed Hashemi is sharing his thoughts on why microfinance is such a great success in Bangladesh, and on the role that Grameen Bank played in establishing microfinance as an industry. We also introduce MicroSave as a unique project that promotes the develop...
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