Comments on: Resolved: 2011, the Year of Quality http://cfi-blog.org/2011/01/06/resolved-2011-the-year-of-quality/ Wed, 09 Oct 2013 16:34:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: What to Do When the Mice Eat the Money, or, ‘Where Are the Non-subsidized Financial Services for Persons with Disabilities?’ « http://cfi-blog.org/2011/01/06/resolved-2011-the-year-of-quality/#comment-1275 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:53:23 +0000 http://centerforfinancialinclusionblog.wordpress.com/?p=2494#comment-1275 [...] was delighted to read Beth Rhyne’s announcement that the Center for Financial Inclusion  seeks to answer this question about quality, among [...]

]]> By: KCook http://cfi-blog.org/2011/01/06/resolved-2011-the-year-of-quality/#comment-1117 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 05:05:06 +0000 http://centerforfinancialinclusionblog.wordpress.com/?p=2494#comment-1117 This is the perfect concept for a business initiative. Have you considered pairing quality with lean concepts in a financial setting?

]]> By: Nita Nehru http://cfi-blog.org/2011/01/06/resolved-2011-the-year-of-quality/#comment-1111 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:47:30 +0000 http://centerforfinancialinclusionblog.wordpress.com/?p=2494#comment-1111 I agree that quality is extremely important in microfinance. You mentioned “Ethical – clients aren’t enticed to buy services they can’t manage” as a tenet of the quality we’re seeking from MFIs.

Do you believe that government regulation has a role to play in ensuring that loans are doled out in this ethical manner? What is stopping an MFI from loaning to anyone desiring credit, regardless of their (the borrower’s) overindebtedness to other lenders?

Thanks.

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