Resources

Microfinance Institutions

  • Kiva.orgThe new microfinance website through which we are making our initial loans.
  • The Grameen bankThe first microfinance institution whose founder, Professor Muhammad Yunus, was the recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
  • Shared InterestA different take on microfinance from South Africa, funding over 900,000 people with the help of US and South African banks.

Websites About Microfinance

  • MixMarket.orgA resource for microfinancers, allowing them to learn of worldwide NGOs which organize microfinance loans as well as general information about microfinancing.
  • Microfinance GatewayA large website including resources and publications on microfinance, organization information, and other news, events, and opportunities involving microfinance.

Books About Microfinance

  • "Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty" by Muhammad Yunus
  • "The Economics of Microfinance" by Beatriz Armendariz deAghion and Jonathan Morduch

Further Reading

  • "The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities of Our Time" by Jeffrey Sachs
  • "Development as Freedom" by Amartya Sen
  • "The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good" by William Easterly
  • "How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas" by David Bornstein
  • "The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century" by Thomas Friedman
  • "Human Development Report 2005: International cooperation at a crossroads"