In partnership with Bajaj-Allianz, CARE India has introduced an insurance education program to first time insurance users in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
June 15 2010
NYU's William Easterly explains how Portfolios of the Poor gives us a more realistic look at the poor people, and how it changes the perspective on loans for daily consumption.
Themes:
Big Picture
June 14 2010
Daryl’s principal area of research is estimating the impact of microfinance programs on the financial management of poor households. From 2003 to 2006, she was the principal investigator for a longitudinal study called the Financial Diaries project funded by the Ford Foundation and DFID in South Africa. This study became the basis of a book, Portfolios of the Poor.
Themes:
Big Picture
June 14 2010
Sukhwinder Singh Arora, co-author of two books Small Customer, Big Market: Commercial Banks in Microfinance (with Malcolm Harper) and The Poor and their Money (with Stuart Rutherford) talks about how the lessons from Portfolios of the Poor help providers design better products.
Themes:
Big Picture
June 14 2010
Jonathan Morduch lectures at the University of Scranton on the future of social investment.
Themes:
Social Finance
June 7 2010
These videos are part of a toolkit of suggested resources for FAI and MicroSave’s June 8-9 virtual conference Reimagining Microfinance Around the World: Implementing Lessons from Portfolios of the Poor. Co-authors Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford and Orlanda Ruthven, and MicroSave’s Graham A.N.
June 7 2010
Yaw Nyarko, Professor of Economics at New York University and Director of NYU Africa House, talks about the particulars of the research for Portfolios of the Poor and how it will influence the development of new research trends.
June 7 2010
These videos are part of a toolkit of suggested resources for FAI and MicroSave’s June 8-9 virtual conference Reimagining Microfinance Around the World: Implementing Lessons from Portfolios of the Poor. Co-authors Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford and Orlanda Ruthven, and MicroSave’s Graham A.N.
Themes:
Commitment Devices, Credit, Savings
June 3 2010
These videos part of a toolkit of suggested resources for FAI and MicroSave’s June 8-9 virtual conference Reimagining Microfinance Around the World: Implementing Lessons from Portfolios of the Poor. Co-authors Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford and Orlanda Ruthven, and MicroSave’s Graham A.N.
Themes:
Big Picture, Credit, Savings
June 3 2010
Bob Christen, director of the Financial Services for the Poor Initiative at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, offers a thoughtful introduction to Portfolios of the Poor. Critical to the value of microfinance, he states, is the recognition and understanding of the nuances in the financial lives of the poor: broader financial inclusion can be achieved in ways that extend beyond loans for investment purposes.
Themes:
Behavioral Economics, Credit, Research Methodology
