{"id":11,"date":"2014-06-23T17:31:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T17:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.haverford.edu\/mi3\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2014-06-23T17:31:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T17:31:03","slug":"microfinance-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.haverford.edu\/mi3\/microfinance\/microfinance-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Microfinance Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"color: #330000\">Good Reads:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #232323\">A number of good books have been published that examine current research and practice in Microfinance and Poverty:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #232323\">\n<li>Banerjee, Abhijit and Esther Duflo (2011),\u00a0<em>Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty,<\/em>Public Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Collins, Morduch, Rutherford &amp; Ruthven (2009),\u00a0<em>Portfolios of the Poor: How the World\u2019s Poor Live on $2 a Day,<\/em>Princeton University Press.<\/li>\n<li>Karlan, Dean and Jacob Appel (2011),\u00a0<em>More than Good Intentions: How a New Economics is Helping to Solve Global Poverty\u00b8 Dutton Adult.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Roodman, David (2011),\u00a0<em>Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry Into Microfinance<\/em>, Center for Global Development. (chapters of this book were initially published on Roodman\u2019s blog)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"spacebefore\" style=\"color: #330000\">Other Recommended Books:<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #232323\">\n<li>Armendariz and Morduch (2010),\u00a0<em>The Economics of Microfinance<\/em>, 2nd ed., MIT Press.<\/li>\n<li><em>Counts, Alex (2008),\u00a0<em>Small Loans, Big Dreams: How Nobel Prize Winner Muhamed Yunus and Microfinance are Changing The World<\/em>, Wiley.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>de Soto, Hernando (2000),<em>The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else<\/em>, Black Swan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #330000\">Microfinance Selected Links:<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"spacebefore\" style=\"color: #330000\">Supporting Organizations<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #232323\">\n<li>Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.povertyactionlab.org\/\">http:\/\/www.povertyactionlab.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation &#8211; Financial Services for the Poor<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatesfoundation.org\/financialservicesforthepoor\/Pages\/default.aspx\">http:\/\/www.gatesfoundation.org\/financialservicesforthepoor\/Pages\/default.aspx<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CGAP\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cgap.org\/p\/site\/c\/\">http:\/\/www.cgap.org\/p\/site\/c\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Center for Financial Inclusion (ACCION)\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.centerforfinancialinclusion.org\/\">http:\/\/www.centerforfinancialinclusion.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Financial Access Initiative\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/financialaccess.org\/\">http:\/\/financialaccess.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Grameen Foundation AppLab in Action\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grameenfoundation.applab.org\/\">http:\/\/www.grameenfoundation.applab.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/poverty-action.org\/\">http:\/\/poverty-action.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Microfinance Gateway\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microfinancegateway.org\/\">www.microfinancegateway.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>USAID\u2019s Microlinks\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/microlinks.kdid.org\/\">http:\/\/microlinks.kdid.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mifos Technology that Accelerates Microfinance\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/mifos.org\/\">http:\/\/mifos.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MFTransparency\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mftransparency.org\/\">www.mftransparency.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Mix Market\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mixmarket.org\/\">www.mixmarket.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Portfolios of the Poor\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.portfoliosofthepoor.com\/\">http:\/\/www.portfoliosofthepoor.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rural Finance Learning Centre\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ruralfinance.org\/\">http:\/\/www.ruralfinance.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>World Bank Private Sector Development Blog\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.worldbank.org\/psd\/\">http:\/\/blogs.worldbank.org\/psd\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"spacebefore\" style=\"color: #330000\">MFI Providers\/Networks<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #232323\">\n<li>ASA\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asa.org.bd\/about_model.html\">http:\/\/www.asa.org.bd\/about_model.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ACCION\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accion.org\/\">http:\/\/www.accion.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>BRAC\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brac.net\/\">http:\/\/www.brac.net\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Compartamos\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.compartamos.com\/wps\/portal\/Home\">http:\/\/www.compartamos.com\/wps\/portal\/Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fonkoz\u00e9\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fonkoze.org\/\">http:\/\/www.fonkoze.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Grameen Bank\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grameen.com\/\">http:\/\/www.grameen.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Opportunity International\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opportunity.org\/\">http:\/\/www.opportunity.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pro Mujer\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"https:\/\/promujer.org\/\">https:\/\/promujer.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SafeSave\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safesave.org\/\">http:\/\/www.safesave.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"spacebefore\" style=\"color: #330000\">Link Hubs<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #232323\">\n<li>113 Microfinance Tweeters to Follow\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.socialearth.org\/113-microfinance-tweeters-to-follow\">http:\/\/www.socialearth.org\/113-microfinance-tweeters-to-follow<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Accion Resources\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accion.org\/page.aspx?pid=551\">http:\/\/www.accion.org\/page.aspx?pid=551<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Center for Microfinance Resources\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/ifmr.ac.in\/cmf\/resources.html\">http:\/\/ifmr.ac.in\/cmf\/resources.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Citi Microfinance Links and Resource Page\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.citigroup.com\/citi\/microfinance\/links.htm\">http:\/\/www.citigroup.com\/citi\/microfinance\/links.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chris&#8217; Must Read Introduction to Microfinance Book List\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mficonnect.com\/page\/book-reviews\">http:\/\/www.mficonnect.com\/page\/book-reviews<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Erase Poverty Links and Resources\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.erasepoverty.org\/how-it-works\/what-microfinance\/resources-and-links\">http:\/\/www.erasepoverty.org\/how-it-works\/what-microfinance\/resources-and-links<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MyKro Resources\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/mykro.org\/microfinance-resources\/\">http:\/\/mykro.org\/microfinance-resources\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sanabel Network Links\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sanabelnetwork.org\/Resources\/Links.aspx\">http:\/\/www.sanabelnetwork.org\/Resources\/Links.aspx<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"spacebefore\" style=\"color: #330000\">Interviews<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #232323\">\n<li>Muhammad Yunus: Lifting People Worldwide out of Poverty [Interview]<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu\/article.cfm?articleid=2243\">http:\/\/knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu\/article.cfm?articleid=2243<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Interview with Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/business\/interview-with-nobel-laureate-muhammad-yunus-capitalism-has-degenerated-into-a-casino-a-583366.html\">http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/business\/interview-with-nobel-laureate-muhammad-yunus-capitalism-has-degenerated-into-a-casino-a-583366.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Interview: MIT Economists Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee 2008<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philanthropyaction.com\/articles\/interview_mit_economists_esther_duflo_and_abhijit_banerjee\/\">http:\/\/www.philanthropyaction.com\/articles\/interview_mit_economists_esther_duflo_and_abhijit_banerjee\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Interview: MIT Economists Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee 2011<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philanthropyaction.com\/nc\/an_extended_interview_with_abhijit_banerjee_and_esther_duflo\/\">http:\/\/www.philanthropyaction.com\/nc\/an_extended_interview_with_abhijit_banerjee_and_esther_duflo\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The state of philanthropy: A conversation with Acumen Fund\u2019s CEO<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mckinseyquarterly.com\/Nonprofit\/Philanthropy\/The_state_of_philanthropy_A_conversation_with_Acumen_Funds_CEO_2329\">http:\/\/www.mckinseyquarterly.com\/Nonprofit\/Philanthropy\/The_state_of_philanthropy_A_conversation_with_Acumen_Funds_CEO_2329<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"spacebefore\" style=\"color: #330000\">Videos<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #232323\">\n<li>Jessica Jackley: Poverty, money &#8212; and love\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jessica_jackley_poverty_money_and_love.html\">http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jessica_jackley_poverty_money_and_love.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Iqbal Quadir says mobiles fight poverty\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/iqbal_quadir_says_mobiles_fight_poverty.html\">http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/iqbal_quadir_says_mobiles_fight_poverty.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jacqueline Novogratz invests in Africa&#8217;s own solutions<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jacqueline_novogratz_invests_in_ending_poverty.html\">http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jacqueline_novogratz_invests_in_ending_poverty.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Intercontinental Ballistic Microfinance \u2013 Kiva Visualization\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/28413747\">http:\/\/vimeo.com\/28413747<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Developing entrepreneurship among the world\u2019s poorest<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mckinseyquarterly.com\/Nonprofit\/Philanthropy\/Developing_entrepreneurship_among_the_worlds_poorest_2318\">http:\/\/www.mckinseyquarterly.com\/Nonprofit\/Philanthropy\/Developing_entrepreneurship_among_the_worlds_poorest_2318<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Uganda: A Little Goes a Long Way\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2ba6cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/frontlineworld\/stories\/uganda601\/video_index.html\">http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/frontlineworld\/stories\/uganda601\/video_index.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Reads: A number of good books have been published that examine current research and practice in Microfinance and Poverty: Banerjee, Abhijit and Esther Duflo (2011),\u00a0Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty,Public Affairs Collins, Morduch, &hellip; 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