http://cfi-blog.org/2011/07/26/what-really-works-and-what-clearly-doesnt/ Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:35:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://cfi-blog.org/2011/07/26/what-really-works-and-what-clearly-doesnt/#comment-1602 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:53:09 +0000 http://centerforfinancialinclusionblog.wordpress.com/?p=3917#comment-1602 Your post, Josh, is a good example of prompting new thinking in one field by comparing it to another. I think it is good for people to be aware, however, that there is not one monolitic microfinance sector. While laws of physics apply everywhere, what is needed, possible and workable in microfinance varies significantly from country to country — as I am discovering in Haiti this summer as I research a book on Fonkoze (which CFI has been kind enough to draw attention to by re-posting my blogs). I think CFI is well positioned to bring this reality home to the global microfinance community including policy-makers, since so many prescriptions seem embedded with the implication that the challenge of financial inclusion is more or less the same everywhere. Far from it!

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