http://www.mykro.org Exploring the World of Microfinance Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:11:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was reading a good article on livemint.com called "Big Microfinance Firms Taking Over Clients of Smaller Players," and in it Vikram Akula, the founder and CEO of SKS Microfinance, discusses how smaller MFIs are having a hard time getting funding, so SKS is helping out a lot of their ... http://www.mykro.org/mfi-lending-platform/2008/11/ Oikocredit en ING Microfinance Support: Rajeshwari Microfinance or, Micro Loan Sharks - SPM will tell the difference Super-sizing Micro-finance PIONEERS IN MICROFINANCE: Six Pioneers in Latin America Stories from Inner Mongolia: An introduction to rural life Financial Crisis Glossary – a guide to the buzzwords of the crisis http://www.mykro.org/hitting-the-microfinance-links-november-24th/2008/11/ Washington CASH is a local microenterprise and business development training organization that serves low-income individuals here in the Puget Sound area. Tomorrow afternoon, Washington CASH is having their 8th annual Holiday Bazaar! 30 of Washington CASH's clients will be displaying and selling their items throughout the day. There will be a great variety of ... http://www.mykro.org/washington-cash-is-having-their-8th-annual-holiday-bazaar/2008/11/ Last month Ryan Calkins started a discussions about whether or not the global financial crisis will hurt microfinance.  CGAP is currently hosting a Virtual Conference on the Financial Crisis and I've seen some pretty interesting articles to add to the debate from last month: Crunch time for microfinance ctd Microfinance and the ... http://www.mykro.org/global-financial-crisis-and-its-effect-on-microfinance/2008/11/ Microcapital.org recently wrote a great article about the life of Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro.  With ties to USAID, the Ford Foundation, Bank Rakyat, Women's World Banking and the Asian Development Bank, we can only hope that Barack will follow in his mother's footsteps and support microfinance. http://www.mykro.org/obamas-link-to-microfinance/2008/11/ Here is an interesting video by Professor Bhagwan Chowdhry from UCLA, in which he discusses some new potential in microfinance lending http://www.mykro.org/bhagwan-chowdhry-talks-about-microfinance-showing-new-potential/2008/11/ Muhammad Yunus cuts our birthday cake -- Happy birthday MicroPlace!! John Deere Foundation and Opportunity International Join to Fight Hunger Rural democracy and women empowerment MICROCAPITAL STORY: SKS Microfinance Raises $75.4m in Equity Capital in Transaction Led by Sandstone Capital Navigating Monsoon Season by Moto http://www.mykro.org/hitting-the-microfinance-links-november-16th/2008/11/ Attention Puget Sound area readers of myKRO.org: Please join us this Tuesday for a great event featuring the Financial Services for the Poor office of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Here are the details. http://www.mykro.org/microfinance-and-microbrews-featuring-the-gates-foundation/2008/11/ Before I tell you of two hopeful entrepreneurs I live with, let me tell you a little about where I am and what I’m doing.  I have been living in Mombasa, Kenya for a little over a month now, doing an internship at an organization that works on community empowerment.  ... http://www.mykro.org/financing-hopefuls/2008/11/ Ever since we have launched mykro.org, I have had a lot of people who were interested in hearing about different lending platforms that are similar to Kiva.  There are a lot of lending platform that give the lender a return on their loan, but I have found very few where ... http://www.mykro.org/a-new-spin-on-mfi-lending/2008/11/