By Anjali Deshpande

The model adopted in India for disbursing micro-credit to the lower income groups through Self Help Groups (SHGs) will have to be suitably modified if the eight states of the north-east are to be included in financial services, says a recent study More...

By John Samuel

The Nobel Peace Prize for Mohammed Yunus of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh affirms the transformative potential of people's entrepreneurship and voluntary initiatives -- beyond the State and market - to alleviate poverty and advance human rights and social development More...

By Dr Sudhirendar Sharma

The high interest rates and forced loan recovery practices of micro-finance institutions have been held responsible for the suicide of several farmers in Andhra Pradesh. It is evident that poverty makes good business sense to MFIs, writes Sudhirendar Sharma More...