Summit Reflections: Transparency

dan@lundmark.com — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

This past week at the summit a major topic was interest rate transparency, as some MFIs have come under fire for charging relatively high rates and allowing "mission drift" to move them to a priority of high profits instead of the original mission of poverty alleviation. Long time microfinance insider Chuck Waterfield has taken the initiative to address these concerns, launching MicroFinance Transparency.

Summit Day T minus 1 and counting...

dan@lundmark.com — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Flying USA to Bali is one of the longest flights possible on the planet, at about 20 hours in flight. Any further and it's quicker to come around from the other side. It was then great to see a familiar face during the layover in Hong Kong - it turns out Sam Daley-Harris and Eileen White Read of the Microcredit Summit Campaign were also on my flight!

While waiting to process an entry visa, I had a chance to chat with a tourist from Australia about current events. She was excited abou [...]

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dan@lundmark.com — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

I can speak for us as a team and say we are thrilled to be blogging daily from the Asia-Pacific Microcredit Summit in Bali, Indonesia.

Our team in Bali includes Elizabeth Israel, Kathleen Robbins, and myself, Dan Lundmark. Back in the USA we have Betsy Teutsch, Thomas Israel, and Joan Hall holding down the fort.

Elizabeth an [...]

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Summit Reflections: Transparency

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