The origins of microfinance are found in the community development projects of the 1950s, with microfinance evolving in the past 30 years especially from small-scale community lending programmes, into fairly sophisticated financial operations. One such pioneering programme, which has become a global microfinance success story was the Grameen Bank, the origins of which can be […]
Imagine a manufacturing company in the business of producing and marketing farm implements. Business growth for this company, let’s call it Quality Tools Limited, depends amongst other factors, on the level of education (and hence comprehension) the potential buyers – the farmers – have, in order that they may better understand both the usage and […]
At a recent fundraiser in the city, one of those somewhat surrealistic evenings replete with Caesarian trappings that the excitement seekers gather at, the scion of an industrial empire outbid other birds of the feather to become the proud owner of a dress that a certain lascivious actress had worn in a hit film of […]
