Tag: Vikram Akula
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What’s Better For Helping The Poor — Greed Or Charity?
NPR: What's Better For Helping The Poor — Greed Or Charity? Listen to the podcast here. Say you want to make loans to millions of poor women in the developing world, to help them climb out of poverty. Is it OK to raise money from rich investors, who expect to make a profit? Muhammad Yunus,…
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Can microfinance be both moral and profitable?
Fortune: Can microfinance be both moral and profitable? FORTUNE — There's a debate brewing in the world of do-gooder banking, pitting the father of microfinance Muhammad Yunus against a few entrepreneurs who have put an unlikely spin on Yunus' model of lending to the poor. Earlier this week, India's biggest microlender, SKS Microfinance Ltd., made…