Archive for 'Microenterprises & CSR'
Economic Bottom-Lines:Inclusivity and Microenterprises
Posted on 24. Oct, 2009 by Khadeeja Balkhi.
Economic inclusivity is arguably the fundamental consideration in the ‘profits’ bottom-line (assuming that transparency, legal compliance, tax obligations and all such matters are well in-line). Inclusivity, both at the international and macro-economic level is what has the ability to truly contextualize the economic behaviour of an entity. For instance, at the international level, we have [...]
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Microfinance and the Triple Bottom Line
Posted on 23. Oct, 2009 by Zohare Ali Shariff.
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 [...]
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Transformation of Women-Owned Businesses: a Policy Shift
Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by Ali Salman.
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. [...]
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Global Warming has Opened the World’s Next Suez Canal
Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York.
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 cut [...]
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The Fortune Companion:Business With Society
Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by Ali Sohail.
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 [...]
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The Interest-Free Microfinance Option
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by Nimra Amjad.
Akhuwat was doing for conventional microfinance what Professor Muhammad Yunus had done for conventional banking in the late 1970s it was showing that things could be done differently, and that the ‘accepted wisdom’ could be challenged Dr. Malcolm Harper. It is estimated that 72 percent of the population of Muslim countries are not using formal financial services [...]
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Macro Impacts of Microenterprises a Case of GIs from Poverty to Prosperity
Posted on 20. Oct, 2009 by Fouzia Ishaque.
Microenterprises are synonymous to the unstructured, unregistered economy of the poor class. Despite little capital, few people and lack of technology, these businesses are built on hard work, niche markets and can fuel economic development. These enterprises however, mushroom only within the security of local community nets. Within the ambit of microenterprises, Geographical Indications (GIs) [...]
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Interview with Nadeem Hussain President, CEO, Tameer Microfinance Bank
Posted on 19. Oct, 2009 by Khadeeja Balkhi.
by khadeeja balkhi for tbl Tameer’s fundamental approach to microfinance is centered around a sustainable, commercially viable management system. Please comment. The management system at Tameer initially comprised of senior Citi bankers taking up key positions, to ensure that the framework of operations installed, was strictly in line with global best practices of banking, which were a part of [...]
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What’s Happening?
Posted on 18. Oct, 2009 by Admin TBL.
Conference: Bringing Women Owned Enterprises from Micro to Small Calling for a Policy Wedge between ‘Small’ and ‘Medium’ Enterprises Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with Center for International Private Enterprise, a non-profit affiliate of US Chambers of Commerce working for economic reforms throughout the globe, recently organized a policy round table [...]
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Global Briefs Sep-Oct 2009
Posted on 18. Oct, 2009 by Rutaba Ahmed.
Green Space and Community Health City dwellers residing near parks and greenery enjoy better health and fewer bouts of depression than those living in enclaves of concrete and asphalt, according to a study released on Thursday. A dense concentration of trees, shrubs, and flowers close to home had the greatest impact, according to the study published in [...]
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What Age is This?
Posted on 17. Oct, 2009 by Praetor.
Bill Shakespeare was a man with deep insights into the human mind and by extension, human beha-viour. In As You Like It, he proposes that a man’s life can be divided into seven ages. “All the world’s a stage And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his [...]
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