Posts Tagged ‘Burgundy School of Business’

By Arvind Ashta, Microfinance Focus, Oct 25, 2010: Editor’s Note: The second round table microfinance conference was held at Les Reoncontres de Babyloan. It was moderated by Alix Christophe, Journalist with the Liberation and participant included Jean-Marc Borello, President of Groupe SOS, Tamzin Ractliffe, Nexii, Jean-Luc Perron and CEO of Fondation Grameen-Crédit Agricole. During the conference the following views emerged According to Muhammad Yunus, classical economics and ... Full story

By Arvind Ashta and Djamchid Assadi, Microfinance Focus, Oct 22, 2010: Editor’s Note: The second round table microfinance conference was held at Les Reoncontres de Babyloan. It was moderated by Dr. Djamchid Assadi, Professor at Burgundy School of Business and the participants included Jean-Michel Servet, Professor and Researcher, Geneva,  Emmanuel Landais, General Manager, ADIE, Michael Knaute, General Manager, Oxus Development Network Franck Renaudin, Director, Entrepreneurs du ... Full story

By Arvind Ashta and Djamchid Assadi Microfinance Focus, Feb. 7, 2010: The microfinance movement has been witnessing high growth rates along with high interest rates of about 28% per annum on average (CGAP, 2009). The small loan size in relation to transactional costs is the usual explanation offered for the high interest rates. One possibility of lowering these interest rates is through technology such as using ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Nov. 29, 2009: Burgundy Business School`s organized Microfinance Conference will discuss on institutional and technological factors in microfinance which can contribute healthy growth and reduce costs. The conference will take place on Jan 7-8, 2009 in New Delhi. This conference is aimed at researchers, both from academia and from the industry, who are looking at institutional and technological environmental factors which could increase outreach ... Full story