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 Water Scarcity in Dhaka CityWater scarcity in Dhaka city mounting. Where rich are deprived what about poorer. Water borne disease will bring disaster for Poorer. Tot… Started by SM Farid Uddin Akhter in MicrofinanceLatest Reply |
 Social franchise. Building global directory of NGOs.Looking for social entrepreneur in every country, region, city to join our project. The goal of the project is to provide global charities… Started by Mareks Bajārs in Social Business/Social EntrepreneurshipLatest Reply |
 Microfinance CriticismWith a group of people who largely agree microfinance, it becomes all to easy to slip into a routine of accepting the industry as a whole.… Started by Tom Murphy in MicrofinanceLatest Reply |
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MicrofinanceThis is the place to discuss anything within the broad topic of microfinance: discuss specific MFIs and various microfinance approaches, share research papers and statistics, debate on microfinance criticism, etc. |
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Feb 6 Asia Working Group to Hold Training on Social Audit Tool by Melissa Matlock |
GeneralHere you can discuss everything else that didn't make it into our other discussion categories. |
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Jan 23 Reply by H Joshi |
Microenterprise DevelopmentHere you can talk about anything that has to do with microenterprise development: various organizations working in the field, why it is important, and how it contributes to overall economic development, etc. |
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Mar 16, 2011 Reply by T RAJA LAKSHMI |
Funding/Social InvestmentIf you have a question about funding sources or you are looking for the latest news on social (impact) investing this is the place to go. |
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Oct 27, 2011 Business and social business by Nadeem Bhatti |
PovertyHow do we define poverty? What are best poverty measurements? Recent poverty statistics and innovative poverty alleviation approaches…share and discuss it all here. |
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Aug 30, 2011 Reply by Brendan Janet |
Global Development/Economic DevelopmentDiscussions on global development, economic development, and aid in general take place here. |
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Aug 19, 2011 Reply by SM Farid Uddin Akhter |
For-Profit vs. Non-Profit DebateShould microfinance organizations stay nonprofit or become for-profit companies, or should they be formed as social businesses? Debates on who is right: Muhammad Yunus vs. Vikram Akula also take place here. |
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Dec 1, 2010 Poverty and Profitability debate: Vikram Akula vs Alex Counts by Sasidhar Thumuluri |
Microfinance in IndiaIndia has a huge microfinance industry, with millions of clients and thousands of MFIs… India is also going through a microfinance crisis. All the discussions on Andhra Pradesh, Malegam report, and such will be here. |
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Jan 28, 2011 Reply by Sasidhar Thumuluri |
MicrosavingsMicrosavings is a hot topic within microfinance these days, particularly after a lot of researches found out that savings can be as beneficial (if not more) to the poor as credit. All the questions, answers, ideas on microsavings can be found here. |
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Jun 15, 2011 Reply by Hassan Rashid Del Campo Nicholas |
MicroinsuranceMicroinsurance hasn’t attracted a lot of attention to itself yet, however it can be extremely beneficial to the poor and definitely deserves a separate category in our forum. |
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Dec 29, 2010 Reply by Liza Moiseeva |
Social Business/Social EntrepreneurshipThis is the place to talk about everything that has to do with social business and social entrepreneurship: success stories and failures, mistakes and lessons learned, great ideas and practical questions. |
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Jul 28, 2011 Reply by Mareks Bajārs |
PartnershipsLooking to collaborate or partner with another MFI or social business? Connect and discuss ideas here. |
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Dec 9, 2011 Reply by Jami Hubbard Solli |
SEEPCommunity FeedbackHave a question about SEEPCommunity? Want to submit your idea on how to improve the site? Share them all here! P.S. ideas for discussion categories can also be submitted here! |
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Mar 16, 2011 Soliciting Votes and Comments by Abner T. Ramos |
Learning ResourcesVarious learning resources, such as working papers, reports, industry surveys, etc. on the topics of global development, poverty, microfinance, and microenterprise development can be posted here. |
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Jul 15, 2011 Reply by Bobbi Gray |
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