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In Defense of "High" MFI Interest Rates

  • February 14th, 2010
  • Posted in Asia Pacific . Business . Opinion
  • By evacwu

Re-posted from the Kiva Fellows Blog. Having read Meg’s excellent blog post “Bad Roads, Interest Rates, and MFI Sustainability” and the ensuing comments from Kiva lenders, I admit that I was rather baffled. Particularly by comments that varied upon the theme of: “In the U.S. you can get loans for ~8%! You can get credit [ READ MORE ]

What Do Kiva Lenders Expect to Hear from Kiva Borrowers?

  • December 6th, 2009
  • Posted in Asia Pacific . World
  • By evacwu

Re-posted from the Kiva Fellows Blog. Every time I come back from the field, I’m weighed down by videos, photos, barely legible notebook scribbles. Stories from Kiva borrowers, the good and the bad. As I turn these stories into journals I try to imagine what it would be like to be a Kiva lender on [ READ MORE ]

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