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 […]
This article discusses the policy-related issues for women entrepreneurs (WEs) operating in the MSE (micro and small enterprises) sector in Pakistan. It argues that most of the women-owned enterprises fall in the category of MSEs and not SMEs and hence deserve a separate policy level attention in the form of a new gender-sensitive, MSE Policy. […]
Melting Arctic Shaves 4,000 Miles Off Vital Shipping Route Businessmen, traders, and seafarers have spent hundreds of years wishing for a shortcut through the Arctic to ship goods between Asia and the West. Now, they’re about to get what they wished for: global warming has cleared out enough ice to allow a shipping route to […]
There exists a mental rather psychological demarcation between what is referred to as the social sector, and what is referred to as the business sector. In essence (and in theory), both are interchangeable, depending on an individual’s outlook, as what may be social for one, is business for the other and vice versa. In the […]
