MISSION Framework: Market-Based Solutions for Social Impact… Initiative (SII) to review its decade-long history with impact investing, there was a clear alignment on objectives … of this process is the foundation’s own success in urban microfinance in India. In 2006, microfinance in India was a … with CARE India and commissioned Intellecap , a research and consulting firm, to conduct a market analysis of …
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Financial Access Initiative… The Financial Access Initiative (FAI) is a research center working at the intersection of financial … the lives of poor households and small businesses. Our Impact In early years, FAI funded a series of RCTs that reshaped microfinance conversations, including early studies of …
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Recent & Upcoming Projects… of Launching the MicroBuild Fund, a First-of-its-Kind Impact Investing Case Study Launching the MicroBuild Fund, … for Humanity International to attract funding into housing microfinance on a global scale. Access the Case Study … … in New York City, and defined an agenda for additional research, education, and advocacy to establish frameworks to …
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Banking the World: Empirical Foundations of Financial Inclusion - Jonathan Morduch… of the Financial Access Initiative , an inter-university research center housed at the Wagner school. The full gamut … about their use of financial services; evidence of the impact of financial services on income; and the occasional … of Public Service. He is the coauthor of The Economics of Microfinance (MIT Press) and Portfolios of the Poor: How the …
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Simone Shaheen… you came to NYU Wagner? Prior to Wagner, I worked on microfinance projects in emerging markets in East Africa. In … partnerships role, I supported the first-ever Development Impact Bond (DIB) aimed at increasing income through a small … firm that provides the global investment community with research, data, and technology. At MSCI, I oversee …
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Participants and Projects… all. She has more than ten years of experience undertaking research, project design, coordination, monitoring and … Program (ALP) seeks to increase youth awareness on the impact of corruption among Ghanaian youth and aims to equip … training and facilitation, pro-poor enterprise and microfinance – the expertise necessary for leading the poor …
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FELPS FELLOWS 2016… initiatives. Prior to working at DOC, Ana was a research assistant at the Center for Court Innovation (CCI) … assisted in the rollout of a Newark Community Needs and Impact assessment. Originally from San Francisco, … internship in Ghana to help entrepreneurs receive microfinance loans. Outside of the office, Nicole teaches …