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A Microfinance Institution has come up with an ingenious way of dispensing credit to address unique clients needs. Pamoja Women Development Programme operating in Kiambu County is offering cows instead of cash as loans to farmers in the area.

▶ This was filmed informally after the floods in Medellin in December 2010 to explore some of the issues around microinsurance and the value this had for businesses. The clients interviewed had insurance coverage that covered machinery and property damage in the case of natural disasters or floods, as well as fires. The insurance also covers... 

This was filmed informally after the floods in Medellin in December 2010 to explore some of the issues around microinsurance and the value this had for businesses. The clients interviewed had insurance coverage that covered machinery and property damage in the case of natural disasters or floods, as well as fires. The insurance also covers some work-related accidents, including burns, fractures, and broken bones.

▶ In this show, Jagdeep Chhokar, former director of IIM Ahmedabad; Vijay Mahajan, president of MFIN and U S Bhargava, former chief GM at Punjab National Bank, share their views about controversies surrounding the microfinance sector. Experts discuss what are the problems surrounding the sector and its possible solutions. AKPC_IDS += "6757,";Tweet Read More →

In this show, Jagdeep Chhokar, former director of IIM Ahmedabad; Vijay Mahajan, president of MFIN and U S Bhargava, former chief GM at Punjab National Bank, share their views about controversies surrounding the microfinance sector. Experts discuss what are the problems surrounding the sector and its possible solutions.

Reducing risks associated with illness is of great interest to many potential microinsurance clients. However, health microinsurance is very comprehensive and complicated. Based on the feedback from participants in the health roundtable at the 3rd Annual Microinsurance Forum in Manila, Philippines, Denis Garand and Tara Sinha discuss some key issues... 

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▶ Corporate Social Responsibility News: UPS Foundation Awards 100K to Opportunity International for India Microfinance; SweetLeaf Stevia Sweetener Wins Global Award from International Society of Antioxidants in Nutrition and Health. This CSR Minute is sponsored by McKesson. For information about McKesson’s corporate citizenship, please... 

Corporate Social Responsibility News: UPS Foundation Awards 100K to Opportunity International for India Microfinance; SweetLeaf Stevia Sweetener Wins Global Award from International Society of Antioxidants in Nutrition and Health.

This CSR Minute is sponsored by McKesson. For information about McKesson’s corporate citizenship, please visit www.mckesson.com/corporatecitizenship.

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▶ Elisabeth Rhyne, managing director of the Center for Financial Inclusion, talks with Margaret Brennan on Bloomberg Television’s “InBusiness” about India’s microfinance crisis. AKPC_IDS += "5974,";Tweet Read More →

Elisabeth Rhyne, managing director of the Center for Financial Inclusion, talks with Margaret Brennan on Bloomberg Television’s “InBusiness” about India’s microfinance crisis.

▶ It was supposed to allow the world’s poorest people to plan a better future for themselves. Microfinance provides small loans to those with little or no collateral. But as Prerna Suri reports from the state of Andhra Pradesh in India, some borrowers say the loans come at too high a price. AKPC_IDS += "5972,";Tweet Read More →

It was supposed to allow the world’s poorest people to plan a better future for themselves.

Microfinance provides small loans to those with little or no collateral.

But as Prerna Suri reports from the state of Andhra Pradesh in India, some borrowers say the loans come at too high a price.

▶ Presented by Casey Wilson. ABSTRACT Booming economic zones, the Shanghai skyline, glitzy shopping malls and busy highways… these are the images that we increasingly associate with today’s China. And yet while the economic success story is inescapable, China still has the second largest population in the world living under the poverty... 

Presented by Casey Wilson.

ABSTRACT

Booming economic zones, the Shanghai skyline, glitzy shopping malls and busy highways… these are the images that we increasingly associate with today’s China. And yet while the economic success story is inescapable, China still has the second largest population in the world living under the poverty line and one of the world’s fasting growing rural-urban divides. One of the only ways of closing this gap is giving China’s rural poor the tools to build their own livelihoods and move themselves and their families towards economic independence. Join Casey Wilson, nonprofit startup entrepreneur, to learn about the evolution of microfinance in China and Wokai’s approach of using the internet to allow contributors around the world to provide loan capital to borrowers in rural China, empowering them to start small businesses and lift themselves from poverty.

About Wokai: Wokai is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to alleviating poverty in China through microfinance. Through www.wokai.org, contributors loan as little as $10 to a borrower, collect repayments each month, and allocate capital to a new borrower at the end of the loan cycle. Since the website launch in November 2008, Wokai has raised over US$250,000 in loan capital, attracted 5,600 users, and empowered over 400 borrowers. Wokai has been featured in CNN, Time, MSNBC, CNBC, Newsweek, CCTV, Phoenix TV, 三联生活周刊, and Bloomberg.

About Casey Wilson: As Co-founder & CEO of Wokai, Casey fosters important relationships with philanthropic, microfinance, public, and private sector organizations. She also serves on Wokai’s board of directors, and leads its business strategy and development, field partner due-diligence evaluation, and public outreach. Casey has been featured in prominent media outlets such as CNBC, Bloomberg, Phoenix TV, and Newsweek, speaking about microfinance in China. Casey graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wesleyan University with a B.A. in economics, focusing on economic development and its applications in the Chinese context.

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