Best of the best: Microfinance in Year 2009

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Microfinance Focus , Dec. 28, 2009 :Yet another significant year for the Microfinance Industry, The Sector has witnessed several important events and initiatives this year. Microfinance Focus looks back at the year 2009 and presents you with the most read stories covered by us in 2009.

Best of the best: Featured Stories

Is There a Microfinance Bubble in South India?

By most standards, microfinance is a young sector, and in many countries it can be said to still be in its infancy. Yet its continuing spectacular growth, especially in India, should give one pause – every time promoters celebrate another multi-million-client threshold, I wonder – how many more such thresholds are left? How do we know when we’ve arrived?..

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Best of the Best: Microfinance Focus Top Stories

Lessons learned from Microfinance crises: Viewpoints from investors

Microfinance Focus, Nov. 4, 2009: The ongoing Nicaraguan “No Pay” movement, which began Spring 2008 in the north of the country, is an example of an organized protest movement against microfinance institutions. ..

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Best of the Best: Microfinance New Initiatives

Venturing beyond microfinance: Nirantara eyes kids’ education now

Microfinance Focus, July 9, 2009: It’s no more the traditional practice of extending small short-term loans to support income-generating activities among under-privileged and isolated populations for Bidar-based Nirantara Foundation. They have decided to trek that extra mile to provide pre-school education to the children of their clients and even lend micro credit for the purpose…

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Best of the Best: Microfinance Top Interviews

Interview with Dr. Muhammad Yunus

Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder and managing director of Grameen Bank, has been a great inspiration to the entire microfinance community. Microfinance Focus congratulates Dr Yunus and takes the opportunity to republish an exclusive interview that Dr. Yunus had given to it on March 30 on the sidelines of the Sa-Dhan’s National Microfinance Conference 2009 in New Delhi…

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Best of the Best: Microfinance Thoughts

Myth of single-digit interest rate in microfinance: Vijay Mahajan

Microfinance Focus, Dec. 08, 2009/Mumbai: We need to break the middle class myth that it is possible to deliver small doses of credit to remote locations at single-digit interest rates in microfinance, said Vijay Mahajan, Chairman BASIX and Thought Leader, at Srijan 2009 Microfinance Forum while delivering key note address…