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Vikram Akula, For-Profit Microfinance Pioneer, Explains the Roots of His Motivation Vikram Akula: The Poor Know How to Help Themselves

Some of the most important lessons I learned about alleviating poverty came from my experience living and working in India’s rural villages....

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Kiva President Says FarmVille Is His Biggest Rival

Should lending money to micro-enterprises around the world be like playing a game? Kiva's CEO wants it to be like playing Farmville on Facebook.

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SKS Microfinance Stock Shares Tumble Just Months After IPO

Shares for the largest microlender in India plunged more than five percent for a second day in a row. Is the open market the place for microfinance?

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Kiva Announces Microloans for Education

Kiva starts a pilot program of microlending to students in three countries. Its president compares the move to Amazon adding music to its inventory.

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Party: Kiva Is Four Years Old

GOOD has always been a huge supporter of Kiva; we covered them when they were just getting started. Four years later, Kiva has raised almost $100...

The GOOD 100: Microfinance Comes to America

Microlending, U.S.A.America is waking up to the power of "micro." Twitter introduced us to microblogs. President Obama's campaign demonstrated...