Microfinance Practice: [MFP] When will researchers catch up with microfinance leaders? Larry Reed offers his thoughts

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

[MFP] When will researchers catch up with microfinance leaders? Larry Reed offers his thoughts

Hi all,

You may have seen our blog post today “Is it April Fools’ Day, or ‘Groundhog Day’?” (http://bit.ly/1GLglyF) in which Larry Reed weighs in on the RCTs review discussion. Please share this blog post and, if you’d like, offer your thoughts in the comments.

We also announce the Microcredit Summit Campaign’s theme for 2015 of financial inclusion to end extreme poverty and the six pathways that we think show promise in helping to end extreme poverty. We’ll be publishing blog posts throughout April (here: http://bit.ly/19KHN1T) that explore the 6 pathways that we think show promise:

* Mobile money linked with agent networks in low-income communities;
* Agricultural value chains that reach to small scale producers;
* Savings groups (aka village savings and loans associations);
* Conditional cash transfers linked with mobile delivery and asset building;
* Ultra-poor graduation programs; and
* Microfinance savings and/or borrowing groups linked with health education, health financing, and health product delivery.

Thanks!

Sabina Rogers

Sabina ROGERS | Communications and Relationships Manager

MICROCREDIT SUMMIT CAMPAIGN | A Project of RESULTS Educational Fund

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