YourStory invites Social Entrepreneurs in and around Bangalore to interact with Makesense team on 22nd March at Jaaga, Bangalore. MakeSense links people online through http://www.makesense.org/ (coming soon) and offline through Social Innovation and Social Investment Challenges. The people behind this are Christian Vanizette and Romain Raguin…
CGAP’s Microfinance Blog posted a short piece on the risk of delinquency in microfinance that occurs when people take on too much debt by applying for microloans from multiple lenders simultaneously. This is a significant issue, something we have written about…
I didn’t read books until I was 21 – no, seriously. I don’t remember reading anything other the Hindu Daily’s last page (sports) and textbooks to get through school. And I regret it wholeheartedly. I wish upon every child to…
The Centre for Development Finance is embarking on a new project and wants your help. They are looking to assess development organizations’ “organizational capacity, needs and gaps, and ideas for tools we can develop to help them self-assess and become more effective.” To…
Back in July of last year, I wrote about how Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and Srei Sahaj e-Village, a Srei Infrastructure subsidiary, were planning in providing distance learning programs for rural youth.
Now the partnership aims to reach 100 million…
