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Future of microfinance
in Pakistan |
By Farhat Abbas Shah |
Recent floods in Pakistan have further plunged the already reeling economy. The estimation of the total damage will take some time but the need to microfinance the victims are dire as the failure in this sector can create a famine in not too distant a future. |
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The Methodologies and Products of Microfinance both need refinement
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By Farhat Abbas Shah |
If a product could not provide the solution to the purchaser against the price, how long it can stay in the market? No doubt the products of microfinance were need based, however they could not fulfill the actual objective of poverty alleviation as per the expectation. Although the cash based products fulfill the immediate need of the clients, but they cannot find the real solution to poverty. |
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Reinventing microfinance
in Pakistan
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By Farhat Abbas Shah |
Poverty certainly emerged as the single most problem that lies at the heart of modern day crisis. It quite recently has assumed alarming proportions. |
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Rejoinder to Ruth David’s piece on Microfinance |
By Farhat Abbas Shah |
Like any other sector microfinance is also going through difficult times. Ruth David in one of her articles ‘Worrying Signs in India’s Microfinance Boom’ published in Business week reveals, on 17th of June 2010. |
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Farz Methodology: Making it big through scarce means |
By Farhat Abbas Shah |
Achieving financial goals in such trying times is no mean business. Farz Foundation took up the task of fighting poverty when the microfinance world was giving in to one of the most unique and deep sustainability crisis. Much to our amazement, the initial outcome was quite encouraging. |
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Need of the day:
bridging development and microfinance |
By Farhat Abbas Shah |
Results are always the best yardstick to measure the affectivity of any endeavor. It is not a matter of blame game or trading charges. To fight poverty all over the world requires stock taking of all the efforts made so far. |
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REVITALIZING MICROFINANCE |
By Farhat Abbas Shah |
The greatest dilemma of the twenty first century is translation of growth rates into the welfare of common man. For example India is considered to be a healthier economy even during this one of the deepest recession in history. |
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A word on CGAP’s Report |
By Farhat Abbas Shah |
We all know a success has many fathers and failure remains orphan. Crisis does come, and when they come, the best strategy always is to identify the factors contributing to it so that the past mistakes are not repeated, and the best remedies could be offered.
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New partnerships in microfinance |
By Farhat Abbas Shah |
Despite colossal efforts, the poverty has emerged as the single most problem in the contemporary world. Microfinance has been one of the major tools to fight it, but it still needs restructuring, particularly, in the wake of the worst recessions in the history of prevalent economic structures. This situation also requires us once again to look at all the efforts done thus far and to achieve the noble goal of reducing poverty to the possible extent. |
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