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Business
The New Controversy Over Microfinance
We talk a lot on this site about the balance between doing good and doing well. We love when major corporations use their influence to help...
Education
Why We Should Make It Easier for High School Grads to Take a "Gap Year"
When students take a year off before college to gain real-world experience, everyone wins.
Business
Vikram Akula: The Poor Know How to Help Themselves
Some of the most important lessons I learned about alleviating poverty came from my experience living and working in India’s rural villages....
Business
As Microfinance Struggles, Simple "Guarantees" Bring Hope
Microfinance is going through a tough time right now. But the laziest form of financial support may be just the tool the fund the most important work.
Business
SKS Microfinance Stock Shares Tumble Just Months After IPO
Shares for the largest microlender in India plunged more than five percent for a second day in a row. Is the open market the place for microfinance?
Culture
Yunus and the Grameen Bank on The Simpsons
Last night, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus appears on The Simpsons. Watch the clips.
Business
Kiva President Says FarmVille Is His Biggest Rival
Should lending money to micro-enterprises around the world be like playing a game? Kiva's CEO wants it to be like playing Farmville on Facebook.
Business
Why Is Bangladesh Going After Grameen Bank and Founder Muhammad Yunus?
The government of Bangladesh appears to be mounting a concerted campaign oust Muhammad Yunus and take over the Grameen Bank.
Business
Muhammad Yunus Responds to Microcredit Loan Shark Claims
Muhammad Yunus' latest swipe at for-profit microlending suggests government regulation to restore trust.
Business
Muhammad Yunus, Father of Microfinance, Ousted From Grameen Bank
The father of microfinance has been "removed" by his government. But he's not leaving his Nobel Prize-winning Grameen Bank just yet.
Business
Student Loans Are the Frontier of Microfinance
Going to college is a more dependable way out of poverty in the developing world than starting a business, so student loans might be the next big...
Education
Kiva Announces Microloans for Education
Kiva starts a pilot program of microlending to students in three countries. Its president compares the move to Amazon adding music to its inventory.
Business
A Haitian Bank Thrives After the Quake by Helping the Poor
After the quake, Fonkoze stepped up and took deposits, doling cash out as remittances—all the while keeping the hole in its vault hush-hush.
News
Drop Cows Not Bombs
So, the U.S. military has recently introduced a new preemptive tactic in the war on terror: Giving cows to the widows of Iraqis we've killed....
The Community Board
Social Business: Health Savings Microphilanthropy
Idea: Health Savings Microphilanthropy. Problem: Help me find an organization to partner with I have an idea to get between 20,000 to 200,000...
Business
The GOOD 100: Microfinance Comes to America
Microlending, U.S.A. America is waking up to the power of "micro." Twitter introduced us to microblogs. President Obama's campaign demonstrated...
GOOD Events
Party: Kiva Is Four Years Old
GOOD has always been a huge supporter of Kiva; we covered them when they were just getting started. Four years later, Kiva has raised almost $100...
The Community Board
Investours: a day that pays
When Green Traveler Guides was in Oaxaca, Mexico, recently, we discovered the most inspiring and rewarding tour. Investours takes you to a small...
