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A very well presented critique of microcredit. I think microcredit is a tool that can be used well or not, but I tend to find critiques of the practice more compelling than arguement for how well it works (hat tip: Holden Karnofsky).
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An interesting request for proposals offering social enterprises the opportunity to “work with a team of students from an area college or university to develop and refine their business plan.”
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The Freakonomics blog tells a very interesting story of a very wealthy young philanthropist.
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The Baltimore Sun profiles Giving Circles.
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ABOUT SEAN STANNARD-STOCKTON
Sean Stannard-Stockton is the president and chief investment officer of Ensemble Capital Management, located in Burlingame, CA, midway between San Francisco and Silicon Valley. From 2006 through 2012, Sean authored the Tactical Philanthropy blog and wrote regular philanthropy columns for both the Financial Times and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. In 2012, Sean officially ended the blog to focus on growing Ensemble Capital.
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This is a great, blanced, summary of the issues involved in microfinance. I am going to pass it on to a friend to use with his intro to international development class.