Thursday 20 August 2009

Biliqo Bulesa Community Wildlife Conservancy.

Nairobi — Pastoralist communities in northern Kenyan are set to benefit from a multi-million-shilling tourism project after the local authority finally supported the establishment of community conservancies.

For many months now, clan rivalry in Merti Division of Isiolo District had delayed the funding of Biliqo Bulesa Community Wildlife Conservancy.

Friday 14 August 2009

Debate: Microcredit – Is microfinance helping to reduce poverty?

No, says Aneel Karnani of Michigan’s Ross Business School
Yes, says Filipe Santos of international business school Insead

Round one
Microcredit does not work

Wednesday 5 August 2009

Microfinance – The Next Horace Greeley Moment

“What’s the difference between a for-profit and a non-profit?” I ask my class at UC Berkeley every year. The first answer is almost always “Non-profits are well-intended, for-profits are not.”

False, says Sean Foote