whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Hedging and bundling; improving the efficiency of microlending
(Analysis/Analysis)

...p the debts and sell them as a hedge fund. Microfinancing solutions work in an aggregated credit model. Grameen has perfected the model but, largely, all microfinance banks work in the same way. A...

2. Development organisations need to engage with ratings agencies
(Analysis/Analysis)

Mohammed Yunus’, of the Grameen Bank, recent elevation in winning the Nobel Peace Prize has dramatically increased the interest in microfinance solutions to poverty.  Organisations across t

3. Research Reports, eBooks and Ideas
(Static Content)

...erating the economic activity required to stimulate the poor to create their own wealth. Mohammed Yunus of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh has been the most instrumental in raising this awareness and was a...