‘Her Hands Trembled’ When She Borrowed Her First $64; Now She’s Giving Advice to BRAC

Originally posted in NextBillion on October 18, 2016 The integration of mobile money into microfinance operations is one of the most exciting yet challenging prospects facing microfinance providers to... Read More

5 quotes from the Nearly Cashless Branch

Grace P. Sengupta

By Grace P Sengupta In 2014, we were really impressed seeing the success stories of our Nearly Cashless Branch project run by the integrated development programme. This project strove to shift from ca... Read More

How do social expectations affect women’s role in the household?

Amanda Misiti

In Microfinance we often focus on how our clients respond to financial stimuli as it is easier to measure and can be captured through a carefully crafted mechanism that obtains monetary informa... Read More

BRAC’s Experience with Financial Diaries

Amanda Misiti

By Nahid Tahrima Rashid, Microfinance Management Professional It is a common misconception that the poor lead very simple financial lives, comprised of scraping up their scant resources and a few fi... Read More

Innovation Forum on Action Research

Ishtiaque

Say you have $100 and want to find out how to improve your program. What do you do? Munshi Sulaiman (see details below) shares some fascinating tips and experiments from BRAC Uganda. All are welcome! ... Read More

Effective brainstorming session on investing in youth

Venita

Guest post by Umniyat Choudhury By 2020 Bangladesh’s youth population will exceed 60 million. There is a definite need for empowering this ever-increasing group, and harnessing their abilities thr... Read More

Rethinking Microfinance

Ishtiaque

Last Thursday, I learned about a microfinance organization that helps the poor save while borrowing, access interest-free loans, and make a profit! Sound impossible? Guess what? It’s happening right... Read More