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Field building - does the field matter?

I've written a lot about field building and read even more. Nowadays, the word "industry" is often substituted for field. I suppose I could take some credit for this - since a chunk of my 2004 book addressed the issue of philanthropy as an industry -

Virtual Seminar: Can online investing end poverty?

This discussion will focus on MicroPlace as a breakthrough innovation in microfinance. Sponsored by The New America and Calvert Foundations. Join the webcast on March 19 at 1 pm pacific, 4 pm eastern by logging in here. Those in DC can attend in person at the Ronald Reagan International Trade

Microcredit - more on when its less

I posted last week about some of the limits of microfinance. I hope you were able to catch last week's episode of NOW on PBS. I'm looking at the downsides of microfinance partly because I am busy finishing reading A Billion Bootstraps: Microcredit, Barefoot Banking and

Microfinance - its not all good

The most recent episode of the PBS Series NOW, Enterprising Ideas took a look at some of the controversy in the microfinance world. The episode looks specifically at the controversy surrounding a successful social entrepreneur in Mexico. Compartamos is a microfinance company that once lent small sums of money to