Defining "Poverty": Pro-Poor Principles series Reblogged from Seal of Excellence: Pro-Poor Principles series On 15 May 2013 we announced our Pro-Poor Principles in a blog post, found here. In this continuing...

Last Week’s News A round up of last week's microfinance news: tests for credit bubbles, a challenge to the "old way" of thinking about microfinance, promising BoP business mode...

Announcing: the Pro-Poor Principles Reblogged from Seal of Excellence: Pro-Poor Principles series We are proud to announce the Pro-Poor Principles! As the culmination of three years of work, the P...

Invitación al Evento Microfinanzas y Salud – 30 de Mayo – Lima, Perú Tenemos el agrado de invitarles a participar en el lanzamiento del informe “Estado de la Práctica de la Integración de Salud en los Servicios de Microfinanz...

Does promoting entrepreneurial activity undermine women’s empowerment? A study of MIX data found that countries that have more liberalized markets can also support a lot more microfinance activity. However, they also found that the...

Partnerships against Poverty: Government, Business, Finance and Civil Society The 2013 Partnerships against Poverty Summit: If you are working to reduce poverty in your country, and in our world at large, you should come. If you would lik...

Mother’s Day registration discount! / ¡Descuento en las inscripciones! / Réduction sur votre inscription ! This weekend only! In celebration of Mother's Day, we are offering a 5% discount on registration for the 2013 Partnerships against Poverty Summit. Use the code ...

Youth Loan Fund Q&A - 2 May 2013 (PovCoP) Reblogged from Seal of Excellence: Missed our meeting this month? Watch the video below, featuring Justin Sykes from Silatech speaking about their partnership w...

Raffle Contest for 2013 IAP Submission / Tombola pour la présentation du PAI 2013 / Rifa por la entrega del PAI de 2013 (In English, French, and Spanish) We are excited to announce that anyone submitting a 2013 Institutional Action Plan for inclusion in the data reported in the ...

The Legacy of Muhammad Yunus: Changing the Way We Think about Business Jonathan Morduch hits the nail on the head about what is at the core of the social business paradigm:  that we need to change the assumptions about the competi...