When Melecio Penafiel wanted to expand his tailoring shop in Guayaquil, Ecuador, last May, he didn’t go to the bank or ask his relatives for help. His seed money arrived via the Internet. Using the ...

The Nation has an interesting post up recapping an antipoverty conference in Philadelphia. Buried at the bottom is a reference to a plan to import the microfinance model from India’s Social for the ...

Dead livestock in drought-stricken North Eastern province. Rural populations need funds for climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. File Projects to fight climate change are being designed ...

Microfinance is nothing new, having brought access to financial services for the world's poorest people for the past two decades. Particularly common are initiatives giving small private loans to ...