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SEEP Conference: “Panel Explores Tools to Help Manage Funding Risk in Current Economic Climate”
The following post was published on the USAID‘s Microlinks blog today, Thursday, Nov. 4. It was written by Eric Meyer, Opportunity’s agricultural finance manager, who is guest blogging about the 2010 Annual SEEP Conference in Arlington, Va. this week for Microlinks. Click here to see the original post. When the global financial crisis hit in Read more…
Tagged 2010 SEEP Conference, Blogging, Conference, Ending Poverty, Eric Meyer, Financial services, Guest Post, Loans, MFI, MFX Solutions, Microfinance, Microfinance Information Exchange, Microlinks blog, mitigate risk, MIX Market, Opportunity International, Poverty, Risk management, Risks, SEEP Conference, SEEP Network, USAID
SEEP Conference: “Our Best Thoughts Come from Others”
The following post was originally published on the USAID‘s new Microlinks blog on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. It was written by Eric Meyer, Opportunity’s agricultural finance manager, who is guest blogging about the 2010 Annual SEEP Conference in Arlington, Va. this week for Microlinks. Click here to see the original post. Ralph Waldo Emerson once quipped that Read more…
Tagged 2010 SEEP Conference, Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Blogging, Conference, Ending Poverty, Eric Meyer, Financial services, Guest Post, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Microlinks blog, mitigate risk, Opportunity Blog, Opportunity International, Poverty, Savings, SEEP Conference, SEEP Network, USAID, what we're reading
The Challenge of Credit Scoring
A lack of a formal credit score makes risk mitigation particularly difficult and thus has the potential to reduce the effectiveness of microfinance. A lack of some type of credit information can cause microfinance institutions to make decisions that are not in the best interest of the client. In the worst case scenario, either someone Read more…
Tagged Clients, Credit Scoring, Ghana, Loan Officer, Loan repayment, Microfinance, mitigate risk, South Africa, Trust Groups
