New: micro-creditAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krzzanhive-183959steemhive-180932photographyuncommonlabhive-185836hive-166405bitcoinhive-183397hive-188619hive-150122hive-144064hive-109690hive-139150lifehive-145157krsuccesshive-124908hive-184714hive-101145hive-193186TrendingNewHotLikerssilentworld (52)in women • 7 years agoWoman's unpaid work will be paidWhat benefits did the micro-credit bring to our rural women? There is a wide variety of debate about whether poverty rates have decreased due to micro-credit. Secondly. Whether it has played an…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoCrowdfunding/micro-lending in IndiaThe Indian sub-continent is not only vast geographically but has a huge diversity of people, cultures problems and solutions. When I reviewed kiva a couple of months ago it became clear that many…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoThe Microloan FoundationMalawi is one of the poorest nations in the world. A visit to this country inspired Peter Ryan to start the Microloan Foundation which is aimed at poverty alleviation and improving gender equality…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoAbdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab assessment of microcreditMost countries have poverty alleviation policies. However poverty alleviation is a very challenging and diverse problem to tackle. Not every policy or strategy dreamed up is going to be…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoWhy I love this blog - connecting and J-PALI set up this blog to create awareness around challenges for micro, small and medium sized enterprises, in the hopes of discovering like minds on steemit. It is doing that, from the comments, I am…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoKiva loans at 0% interestUp till now, in reviewing Kiva I have focused on loans with field partners. They do have an experimental model that they are currently operating in the US. These are direct loans without a field…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoBitbond.com - the catchBitbond is great on paper, all the principles are solid. But then there is this tiny little catch, which has nothing to do with the idea or its implementation. Image Source The catch is…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoA Kiva great lend.Up till now I have been looking at the pros and cons of kiva.com. Now its time to look into an actual lending scenario indepth. There are some real gems there if you dig around, take a look at…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoBitbond.com - lending for cryptoheads.Today we take a look at bitbond.com. Yesterday, we had a comment from @ebargins which prompted today's review. In short, the answer is they are very different. Kiva.com is for "do…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoMicro lending sites - Kiva.org - Due diligence and risks.Kiva makes it clear that they take due diligence and monitoring very seriously but in the end all the risk lies with the lenders. This is understandable since they are only the facilitators of the…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoThe Kiva Team SteemitBased on the last two posts I did on Kiva.org I was able to discover there are a number of Steemians on Kiva and there is already a Steemit Team there. I definately plan to sign up there next week…gavvet (78)in enterprise • 7 years agoMicro lending sites - Kiva.org - the discerning lender perspective.Based on the screen grabs @sme did yesterday , we could see that there were some very interesting details available for those who dig deeper. Basically Kiva.org gives a very limited amount of…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoMicro lending sites - Kiva.org - the borrower perspective.Yesterday I looked at Kiva.org from a lender perspective and it all seemed quite rosy. A couple of clicks as a lender and you are done. There is more to this than meets the eye though. If you…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoMicro lending sites - Kiva.org - the lender perspective.Today I start to look at Kiva.org. It can be found following the URL below. It's simple to use and its mission is “to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty.” According to…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoMicro-lending and crowdfunding via the webThe internet has been a marvelous invention, with the way it is able to link people and information around the world. A number of experiments and even operational entities have been established to…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoStokvelsThis is a very intriguing form of fund raising practiced in South Africa. It dates back to the rotating cattle auctions of English settlers in the Eastern Cape in the 19 century and is derived…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoSelf Help Groups or SGH'sAfter Bangladesh's successes with Grameen Bank, some of India's micro-credit has been structured around Self Help Groups or SGH's. Image Source Many SGH's were primarily started by poor…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoModern microcredit and micro loansYou can't really talk about micro-lending and microcredit with out mentioning Grameen Bank and Bangladesh. Muhammad Yunus would later receive a Nobel Prize for using his own money to launch what…amaliatul (53)in enterprise • 7 years ago4 Things to Start a Business!!If you are interested in doing business, start from simple things with careful preparation as well. To start a business, you need to apply some of the following to get your business running…sme (70)in enterprise • 7 years agoStarting business on its smallest scaleIn order to start a business pretty much anywhere in the world one needs capital. Whether its one Dollar or thousands of Rubles its still capital and if you don't have it you have to borrow it…
