Week of December 6, 2009

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12/7: Nice review of the book Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day. http://bit.ly/3UznuO #microfinance

12/7: Portfolios of the Poor = "must read" and "new bible" for social entrepreneurs combating poverty: http://tinyurl.com/ydt6gan #microfinance

12/7: Jonathan Morduch on Changing Microcredit on WBUR.org: http://bit.ly/7yhB4U#microfinance

12/8: RT @socialedge Portfolios of the Poor “How World’s Poor Live on $2 a Day” book:"myth exploding..about price points & market realities" http://bit.ly/6EhZLB

12/8: RT @davidroodman Nice anonymous @AidWatch post on pros and cons of RCTs http://bit.ly/7a3Gkl

12/9: They're talking about David Rooman's Kiva blog post--and former FAI intern Abby Gray's response to it. http://bit.ly/8sOsW3 #microfinance

12/11: Pour les francophones: "Le microcrédit attire les financiers" http://bit.ly/5KwCqD#microfinance
 

Week of November 29, 2009

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11/30: An ongoing FAI impact study with Compartamos makes the news in Mexico: http://bit.ly/6NMZkQ #microfinance

12/2: Jonathan Morduch takes stock of microfinance: http://bit.ly/5yXpia#microfinance

12/2: Just met with the Presidential Committee for the 2010 G-20 Summit in Korea--they want to put financial inclusion on the agenda.#microfinance

12/2: @RachelStrohm Thanks for your post on Banks and Microbanks. Glad it piqued your interest. http://bit.ly/5F3JlP #microfinance

12/3: At the US Treasury today speaking at the first meeting of the G-20 Financial Inclusion Experts Group.

12/4: Stuart Rutherford on BBC: Pioneering money management in Bangladesh's slums. http://bit.ly/6KYOoL #microfinance