Daily Archives: September 16, 2010

SKS Microfinance IPO: Profiting from the poor?

SKS Microfinance, India’s largest and fast-growing microfinance company, raised 16.29 billion rupees (USD358 million) in August in the country’s first ever initial public offering by a microfinance institution and in the world’s second such offering. In 2007, Mexican microlender Banco … Continue reading

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Social Impact Exchange Receives $1.8 Million From Robert Wood Johnson, Rockefeller Foundations

The Social Impact Exchange, a cross-sector initiative designed to support the growth of high-impact social programs, has announced grants totaling $1.8 million from the Robert Wood Johnson and Rockefeller foundations to support the next phase of the project. The grants … Continue reading

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