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Microfinance
New York Times reporting
Links to a collection of New York Times reporting on Microfinance
Peter Burgess
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Roads, Smoke and Microsavings What I learned in Paraguay and Guatemala on this year’s “win-a-trip.” By DANIELE VOLPE and MIA ARMSTRONG June 12, 2019 Open external link
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Image OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Finance Isn’t Just for Fat Cats Villagers gather regularly and deposit tiny sums — often less than a dollar — into a pool. By TYLER PAGER April 9, 2018 Open external link
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Image FIXES In Rural Bangladesh, Solar Power Dents Poverty Microfinance and small rooftop panels can transform lives in a country where the electric grid reaches just 25 percent of the population. By AMY YEE Oct. 4, 2016 Open external link
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Image Cellphones, Not Banks, May Be Key to Finance in the Developing World McKinsey finds the vast recent dissemination of mobile technology is poised to substantially increase the economic output of developing nations. By NATHANIEL POPPER Sept. 21, 2016 Open external link
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Image GRAY MATTER What Data Can Do to Fight Poverty Randomized evaluations of policies are how we learn what actually works. By ANNIE DUFLO and DEAN KARLAN Jan. 29, 2016 Open external link
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Image Bringing Solar Power to India’s Poor A generation of Indian energy entrepreneurs is out to prove that a fast, clean and economical route to universal electrification is through solar home systems, financed with small bank loans. Jan. 2, 2016 Open external link
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Image OPINION To Unite the Earth, Connect It Governments and technology companies need to do more to bring Internet access to the poor. By BONO and MARK ZUCKERBERG Sept. 26, 2015 Open external link
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Image FIXES Energizing the Green Revolution in Africa Africa still trails the rest of the developing world in efficient farming. One group is reaching out to bring smallholders up to date. By DAVID BORNSTEIN June 26, 2015 Open external link
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Image From the Gates Foundation, Direct Investment, Not Just Grants The philanthropic giant is deploying funds and influence into for-profit companies with bright ideas, instead of focusing only on grants to nonprofits. By SARAH MAX March 12, 2015 Open external link
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Image FIXES An Inclusive Emerging Economy, With Africa in the Lead About 10 million people in more than 60 countries now use village based savings groups, many in remote rural areas without any other financial services. By DAVID BORNSTEIN Nov. 27, 2014 Open external link
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