Topic
Micro-finance
20 published works
Lending Law Report
Microfinance – Making a Difference
By Susan Alker
This week I am delighted to be in New York attending the WWB Microfinance and Capital Markets Conference. For those of us who normally spend our time on corporate lending and workouts, microfinance offers a…
TortsProf Blog
Bernstein on “Pecuniary Reparations Following National Crisis: A Convergence of Tort Theory, Microfinance, and Gender Equality”
Anita Bernstein (Brooklyn) has posted "Pecuniary Reparations Following National Crisis: A Convergence of Tort Theory, Microfinance, and Gender Equality" on SSRN. The abstract provides:Governments around the world have undertaken reparations…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Sarah B. Lawsky: On Microfinance Charitable Contributions Deductions
Sarah B. Lawsky has posted Money for Nothing: Charitable Deductions for Microfinance Lenders. Here is the abstract:The last five years have seen a huge increase in the general public's interest…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Further Comments on Micro-Finance in Mexico
Yesterday we blogged about a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece defending the growth of for-profit microfinance companies in Mexico. In its most recent edition, The Economist takes a similar position. …
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Is For Profit Micro-Finance Squeezing Out Nonprofits In Mexico
A op-ed piece in today's WSJ talks about the effect of for-profit microfinance companies in Mexico and whether they are getting in the way of Mexican nonprofit success. Micro-finance operates…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
More Support for Improving the Microfinance Industry
On May 7, 2008, Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire reported that MasterCard Foundation, a nonprofit private company, awarded a three quarter million dollar grant to Microfinance Information Exchange to share information…
Rush on Business
Iowa Small Business Financing & Assistance Program
By Rush Nigut
A new program from the non-profit Iowa Foundation for Microenterprise and Community Vitality (IFMCV), will provide a statewide mechanism for Iowa's microentrepreneurs to connect with community development agencies for assistance.…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Charitable Deductions for Microfinance Lenders
At the Critical Tax Conference at Florida State being held yesterday and today, Sarah Lawsky of George Washington presented a paper entitled, Money for Nothing: Charitable Deductions for Microfinance Lenders. …
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Microfinance – Nonprofit or For-Profit?
Microfinance nonprofits have been doing terrific work helping people living in poverty develop businesses to become self-supporting. Using small loans, made without collateral, microfinance organizations help people living in areas…
The Right Coast
Usury or mistake? Tom Smith
An interesting sounding study is linked to here, via Todd Zywicki and Volokh, regarding usurious loans. From the WSJ:But even consumers making flawed decisions may be better off whenthey can…