This is a guest post by Suzan Bekiroglu. After reports of over two hundred suicides by debt-ridden and impoverished residents of Andhra Pradesh, India became public, scrutiny was turned towards microfinancing. Microfinancing has evolved into a for-profit multibillion-dollar global industry, but many questions remain such as if it truly helps life people out of poverty [...]
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This is a guest post by Maliha Hasan. Financial literacy is an active process, in which communicating information is only the beginning and empowering consumers to take action to improve their financial well-being is the ultimate goal. Financial literacy is critical for promoting access to finance by creating incentives and environments that promote desired financial [...]
This company profile was graciously submitted by Nita Nehru from Avana Microinsurance. Avana Microinsurance is a social enterprise dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of microinsurance for sustainable poverty reduction and expanding access to insurance for low-income individuals, families and community organizations worldwide. Low-income households are more vulnerable than the rest of the population [...]
This is a guest article submitted by Grace Ruskin from Debt Consolidation Care. Financial services that are made available for the poor and the low income group are called microfinance and it covers loans and other financial services that are provided by microfinance institutions or MFIs. Such institutions help unsalaried borrowers with small loan amounts [...]
This is a guest post from gregorypennington.com. Unless you’re living an especially frugal life, the chances are you’ll be feeling a little short of cash when the festive period is over. Christmas is a time when most of us spend much more than we usually would on food, decorations and gifts for friends and family [...]
