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TheMiFiReport.com For Sale

We will be auctioning the site/files/domain/all assets for themifireport.com over the next two weeks (ending Wednesday June 22nd, 2011 at 11:30am CST).

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:46:22 -0700

The Economist: Power to the people…

Technology and development: A growing number of initiatives are promoting bottom-up ways to deliver energy to the world’s poor
Sep 2nd 2010
AROUND 1.5 billion people, or more than a fifth of the world’s population, have no access to electricity, and a billion more have only an unreliable and intermittent supply. Of the people without [...]

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:35:12 -0700

India: Top 100 Microfinance Institutions in the World…

For the third year running, MIX has released it’s Composite Ranking of the performance of microfinance institutions and Grameen Financial Services Pvt Ltd is the highest ranked Indian MFI at No 4 . Next comes SKS Microfinance at No 7, followed by Spandana at No 8. BASIX is ranked at No 11, SHARE at No 12 [...]

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:00:35 -0700

WSJ: Confessions of a Micro-Financier…

August 11, 2010, 5:38 PM IST
By Bijou George and Eric Bellman
Microfinance doesn’t help the very poor.
While the argument that all the attention the microlending industry attracts sometimes diverts funds from reaching programs that need it more is not new, India Real Time was surprised to see it outlined by [...]

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:01:36 -0700

Bloomberg: Hedge Funds Gamble on Poor in `Simpsons’ Farce…

By William Pesek – // Aug 4, 2010 3:00 PM EST
Betting on the poor has never been this profitable or this tasteless.
Just ask the good folks at George Soros’s Quantum (M) Ltd., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & [...]

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:53:02 -0700

Washington Times: Micro-finance: Let’s get it going in U.S…

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 – Making Change by Donna Rae Scheffert
Northfield, MN – 8/4/10 Micro-finance provides small amounts of money to local entrepreneurs. These borrowers have often been turned away by commercial banks. They may lack the necessary capital to support business development and business growth.
Muhammad Yunus first lent out [...]

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:31:47 -0700

Gallup: Few Sub-Saharan Africans Aware of Local Microfinance Options…

Forty-three percent say lenders aren’t available
by Jenny Marlar
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Residents in sub-Saharan African countries report a wide range of awareness about the availability of microfinance lending in their communities, suggesting these institutions remain locally inaccessible to many who would benefit most from using them. Malawians (65%) and Ugandans (63%) are [...]

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:16:21 -0700

Bloomberg: Soros-Backed SKS Microfinance Seeks as Much as $347 Million in Indian IPO…

By Ruth David – // Jul 26, 2010 12:25 AM CST
SKS Microfinance Ltd., the Indian lender backed by Sequoia Capital and George Soros, raised its initial public offering to as much as 16.3 billion rupees ($347 million) after [...]

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:05:52 -0700
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