been suggested. We place these developments in a social innovation process perspective by showing that microfinance …Microfinance is the provision of financial services to the financially excluded, usually the poor. We use literature …. However, the spread of consumer microcredit and uncontrolled growth of microfinance led to over-lending without adequate …

In the decade before the Great Famine, Ireland experienced a boom in microfinance institutions (MFIs). Taking a social … turbulent period in Irish history. Many contemporary writers saw microfinance as a legal means that could lessen the burden on …

founding the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. This microfinance institution is the largest one until today, counting eight million …

challenge is to solve societal problems through innovation and local knowledge production. In this background the paper is to … (26th), China (34th), and Brazil (40th), according to new research from the Thomas Reuters Foundation. It is also …