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This episode of the MF blogosphere’s best spotlights tech and product development, interesting Foromic discussions, and microfinance as it’s contributing to prosperity in Uganda.
- Sarah Fathallah, Toru Mino, and Mark Pickens examine the nuts and bolts of building better products in their CGAP Technology post “When Product Innovation Meets Agile Development.”
- Hidden away in David Roodman’s post “San Isidro Dispatch: Village Banking in Costa Rica” is a video of the Foromic panel discussion “How Microfinance Affects the Lives of the Poor.”
- Peggy Woo, in her post “Climbing the Ladder of Prosperity in Uganda” on The MasterCard Foundation blog, quotes a microfinance client as saying: “I used to have a monthly income of 100,000 shillings and now it is 700,000 shillings!”
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Have you read?
Big Data, Financial Access & the Arab Spring – Top Picks of the Microfinance Blogosphere – October 24, 2011
Mexico, Mobile Banking & Shodh Yatra – Top Picks of the Microfinance Blogosphere – September 30, 2011
Energy Drinks, Lebanon & Impact Investing – Top Picks of the Microfinance Blogosphere – September 14, 2011