Blog posts tagged to "microfinance institutions"
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Crop insurance lessons from my field trip to Rajshahi
Published on Thursday, 23 August 2018
Crop insurance is a valuable climate adaptation tool for disaster-prone countries like Bangladesh.
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Over-indebtedness – the flip side of financial inclusion
Published on Friday, 02 March 2018
To help microfinance clients borrow the right amount, we need to improve their awareness and understanding of financial products.
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Demonetization brought out the best in Indian microfinance clients
Published on Friday, 28 April 2017
Events unfolded quite differently to expectations, and showed the poor's resilience.
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Microfinance institutions must enhance client protection to better serve clients
Published on Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Microfinance institutions must ensure that clients are treated in a fair and transparent manner, and are able to fulfill their debt.
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Digital finance successes, failures provide lessons for microfinance
Published on Wednesday, 28 September 2016
If issues of trust, affordability, and reliability are addressed, digital financial services can help extend financial services to all.
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Microloans start flowing to quake-affected families in Nepal
Published on Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Microfinance provides post-disaster relief and support quickly, reduces the cost of recovery financing, reduces aid dependency, and builds long-term resilience.
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Microfinance in PNG – as easy as banking from a vegetable garden
Published on Wednesday, 25 May 2016
An ADB-supported project has made a significant positive impact toward achieving financial inclusion for people living in remote areas of Papua New Guinea.
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From Andhra Pradesh to Wall Street: Rethinking the ethics of finance
Published on Tuesday, 27 August 2013
The changing landscape of finance is a huge subject so let’s start with a short history of banking (thanks here to Wikipedia). The word actually comes from banca or bench where the moneylenders sat.