Micro-Credit
Encouraging Transparency in Micro-Credit
I came across this slide show from MFTransparency it covers many of the principles of micro-credit and interest rates. My personal stance on interest rates are to keep them as low as possible. This isn’t necessarily the stance of many micro-finance organizations, what it really comes down to are your objectives (motives). Are you using [...]
Home From Nicaragua Yet Far From Finished
We made it home from our quick trip to Nicaragua. The time went really fast and all being said and done it was quite the journey. The experience cannot be summed up easily and it’s not an easy story to tell. If I told you our experiences from beginning to end it wouldn’t really make [...]
Visiting Nicaragua | Microfinance Process Assessment
In the near future I’ll be taking a few days and visiting Nicaragua. I’m going as a member of a team to assess micro-finance implementation and complete a needs assessment. The micro-financing project was started over a year and a half ago. The capital that was used to initially start the program has been paid [...]
Does Micro-Credit Reduce Poverty?
Poverty is an enormous problem throughout the world. While many recognize that poverty exists there are many different schools of thought on the best steps to eradicate it. There are many advocates of micro-credit and there are critics as well. This post isn’t going to answer the question in finality, I’m simply raising the question [...]
