China Life must decide whether to accept the government's "invitation" to develop a micro-insurance product for the rural poor. Can it be done profitably?Learning Objective: Case allows students to study challenges faced by an enterprise seeking to promote social welfare on a large scale while...

Social Finance attempts to design and launch a complex new financial instrument that will entice private capital to invest in social service provision.Learning Objective: To understand security design issues. To learn about an interesting example in the impact investing space

This case examines Grassroots Capital's decision of whether or not to continue investing in a Bolivian microfinance bank that is suffering financial distress.Learning Objective: To illustrate political risks associated with business at the base of the pyramid; to explore how bankruptcy works in...

This case examines Grassroots Capital's decision of whether or not to continue investing in a Bolivian microfinance bank that is suffering financial distress.Learning Objective: To illustrate political risks associated with business at the base of the pyramid; to explore how bankruptcy works in...