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  • "As competition and scale increase, charging the destitute of today high interest rates ... may give the destitute of tomorrow lower interest rates." (quoting myself, Stanford Social Innovation Review, "Microloan Sharks," Summer, 2008).

    Jonathan Lewis: The Microfinance Vig 2010

  • Microloan borrowers operate their businesses in the informal economy, free from governmental regulation and protection.

    Jonathan Lewis: Indian Microfinance: Mendacious or Magnificent? Jonathan Lewis 2010

  • "As competition and scale increase, charging the destitute of today high interest rates ... may give the destitute of tomorrow lower interest rates." (quoting myself, Stanford Social Innovation Review, "Microloan Sharks," Summer, 2008).

    Jonathan Lewis: The Microfinance Vig 2010

  • Perhaps the greatest mainstream example of this collective valuation methodology is something already recognized as massively impactful: the Microloan.

    Shana Ting Lipton: The New Value of a Buck 2009

  • Microloan institutions are starting to understand they need to think more thoroughly about the connections between microlending and promoting sustainable, climate friendly development.

    Graham Hill: The Antidote to Bad Media Days - Make a Microloan 2009

  • A similar, though far less rigorous, challenge to Compartamos titled "Microloan Sharks" appears in the summer issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

    Markets for the Poor in Mexico 2008

  • Microloan rates vary, but generally range between 8% and 13%.

    Four Sources of Alternative Funds 2008

  • Between 1993 and March 2000 the Small Business Administration (SBA) approved more than 16,100 loans to African American entrepreneurs under the 7 (a), 504, and Microloan programs.

    Fsct Sheet On Building One America ITY National Archives 2000

  • Between 1993 and March 2000 the Small Business Administration (SBA) approved more than 16,100 loans to African American entrepreneurs under the 7 (a), 504, and Microloan programs.

    Fact Sheet On Building One America ITY National Archives 2000

  • President Clinton's and Vice President Gore's proposal also includes a doubling of support for technical assistance in SBA's Microloan Program and a doubling of support for SBA lending to leverage over $75 million in new microlending.

    President Challenges To Invest In Americas New Markets ITY National Archives 1999

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