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MICROFRANCHISING

Microfranchising is a business model that attempts to adapt some of the traditional franchising concepts to small businesses in the developing world. It seeks to provide replicable business plans to small entrepreneurs in developing countries by using methodologies developed in the traditional franchising model. microfranchising attempts to follow in the footsteps of the microfinance and microcredit models in developing countries.

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Moved by parents�� death in quake, Montrealer reached out to helpmore

woman she met in Thomonde who had nothing until she was given three goats, as part of a microfinance initiative, which...

The battle for Grameen: Halo, goodbyemore

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the committee submitted its findings Monday. He didn't give further details. Yunus was ordered out of the microfinance...

Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact of Business Training on Microfinance...more

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Investments to Rise on Pent-Up Demandmore

clashes between India's economic growth agenda and political pressures could distort the estimated growth curve.

Book Review: Making Poverty Historymore

overpowered by "sentiment" he wouldn���t fire Oti. It���s the same problem, Karlan and Appel argue, facing...

Grameen Bank cleared of financial irregularities by Bangladesh governm...more

the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina. No comment from Yunus or the Grameen Bank was immediately available.

Bangladesh probe clears Yunus of misusing aidmore

A Bangladeshi probe has cleared Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus of misappropriating Norwegian aid money at the pioneering...

Mexico's Compartamos first-quarter profit risesmore

By Amy Guthrie MEXICO CITY (MarketWatch) -- Mexican microfinance lender Banco Compartamos said Monday its net profit...

Does Entrepreneurship Drive Economic Growth?more

growth is to support "opportunity" entrepreneurs, who choose to start new enterprises in response to market...

Primedic: Affordable Health Care For The Urban Poormore

running for three years, and was made possible by working capital loans by one of Mexico���s largest microfinance...

Mexican mass gravemore

cleared A Bangladeshi inquiry has cleared the Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus of misappropriating Norwegian aid money at...

Bull's Eye: Larsen & Toubro, Tata Steel, Sintex, HDFC Bank, Grasim...more

made additional contingent provisions to the tune of Rs 50 crore for potential future issues related to its...

Dubai group looking to buy Afghan bankmore

which he said was at an advanced stage. The lender is a relatively small bank involved in extending microfinance loans...

In-principle nod for Enam merger: Axismore

36% and those of current account deposits grew 28% Mr Sengupta said that the bank's exposure to microfinance lending...

Easy loans, hard paybacksmore

titled Dont Malign the MFIs (Financial Express, February 15, 2011) provided key insights into the role played by...

Kiva.org Announces "Green Loans," Extending Its Global Micro...more

Poverty,' can have a big impact on quality of life," said Premal Shah, President of Kiva.org. "Microfinance...

Rana Foroohar on Esther Duflomore

gather real data to see what really works in alleviating poverty. One of her biggest findings is that microfinance, the...

One helluva show! Woman gives birth in back of taxi on Broadway as cro...more

head crowning at about two inches,' Ms Murray, a top executive at Women's World Banking, a non-profit microfinance...

Micro-Lending Site Kiva Goes Greenmore

about positive social or environmental change. Kiva was founded in 2005 and is based in San Francisco.

Muhammad Yunus knew seeking to enter politics in Bangladesh would rece...more

from the Hasina-Zia zero-sum game' CHENNAI: Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize winner known in particular for his...

Lessons for Social Entrepreneurs from the Microfinance Crisismore

ignominious end? Two of the most inspirational stories in social entrepreneurship have taken quite a beating recently.

IBA backs ICICI?s micro loans recast proposalmore

MUMBAI: The Indian Banks' Association (IBA) has recommended the inclusion of securitised microfinance debt in the...

Op-Ed Columnist: ���Three Cups of Tea,��� Spilledmore

of tea rather than just issue instructions. I worry that scandals like this or like the disputes about microfinance in...

���Three Cups of Tea,��� Spilledmore

of tea rather than just issue instructions. I worry that scandals like this or like the disputes about microfinance in...

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