Posts Tagged ‘innovation’
Posted on August 26, 2008 - by James
ILO announces provisions for microinsurance grants…
Innovation grants
| Insurance innovation involves venturing into uncharted territory and taking risks in order to create benefits for the consumers, such as creating new mechanisms for premium collection, testing new ways of verifying claims, using technology to improve efficiency and experimenting with ways to educate consumers.
Over a 5-year period ending in 2012 the ILO’s Facility will provide 40 to 50 innovation grants, totalling US$18 million through biannual… [click here to read the rest of this article...] |
Posted on August 21, 2008 - by James
Stanford Social Innovation Review: Re-imagining MiFi - Limits of private benefit?…
Reimagining Microfinance
Critics of microfinance institutions (MFIs) ask them to choose between helping the poor or making money for investors, but this is a false choice. MFIs can have their impact and profit, too, says the author, the CEO of the Grameen Foundation. He sketches a new vision of microfinance as a platform, not a product; one that relies on high volumes, not high margins, and that uses limits on private benefit, holistic performance standards, and third-party certification to help MFIs meet both their…
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