Is Microfinance Changing the World?
07/17/2006 at 9:00 a.m.
Poor people in the developing world have limited access to basic financial services like credit and insurance that Americans take for granted. Microfinance promises to change all that, and in the process fight poverty. The concept is to help people fight their own poverty. But does it work for everyone? What's the future of microfinance? Call in with your comments and questions about microfinancing and the fight against global poverty.
Guests:
Raj Shah is Director for Financial Services and Agriculture with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He also advised the Gore 2000 campaign on health care policy.
Alex Counts is President and CEO of Grameen Foundation USA.
Matt Flannery is the co-founder of Kiva.org
Raj Shah is Director for Financial Services and Agriculture with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He also advised the Gore 2000 campaign on health care policy.
Alex Counts is President and CEO of Grameen Foundation USA.
Matt Flannery is the co-founder of Kiva.org
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