New Frontiers of Financial Inclusion in Africa
Post originally written by Reeta Roy and published on Stanford Social Innovation Review’s Opinion Blog. Will mobile telephony become the new super highway to connect the poor to the financial grid? Africa has the world’s fastest-growing mobile communications market with …
Youth Savings: A Springboard to a Better Future
Post originally written by Reeta Roy and published on Stanford Social Innovation Review’s Opinion Blog. Earlier this year, I wrote about the young men and women I met in Uganda, Kenya and Senegal who told me that having “a safe …
Reflections from Rwanda
Rewa Misra and Jennefer Singer writing from Rwanda This past April, we were in Rwanda visiting Village Savings and Loans (VS&L) Associations promoted by CARE’s Sustainable Access to Financial Services for Investment (SAFI) program. A VS&L Association is a self-selected …
The Right Way to Help Haiti Now
Post originally written by Reeta Roy and published on The Daily Beast – Giving Beast. Is microfinance really helping the extremely poor—or saddling them with debt they can’t repay? Amid growing controversy, Reeta Roy explains how the practice can “graduate” …
