Looking at the title I just put, maybe I should have called it ” 5 crazy things I saw in North Korea” or ” 10 pictures the North Korea government does not want you to see” and other “North Korean porn” we see on the internet. I would have got some extra hundreds of views …
I used to be fascinated by Venture Capital. I used to think that being a venture capitalist is in fact being a vital supporter of entrepreneurs in making their ideas happen. They are the spark, the enablers, the believers. I loved the classes of Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance I took during my MBA, four …
Well …I have to say, I am not super proud of my productivity on this blog for the past couple of years. I could only write seven posts in 2015, although I did publish an article in an “official” peer-reviewed journal that took me quite some time (beside my full-time job that is). The co-author of …
I picked up this topic for my first post this year because I have been encountering this question a lot, since my recent work on Development Impact Bonds. By the way, I plan to be a little more regular on this blog than last year, especially with the number of questions, issues and idea that …
Today is election day in Tunisia, and in few hours the counting will start! I wanted to quickly share my experience before the results and before everyone starts bashing one party or another for whatever the results will be. Now, the hope for a government without Nahdha (or at least without Nahdha as a leader) …
For those wondering about the status of access to finance in Tunisia, I am combining below few resources about the topic. Overall, the Microfinance market in Tunisia is under-developed compared to other markets in the region, namely Morocco, Egypt, Jordan. For now, lending that is close to micro-credit is done through BTS – Banque Tunisienne …
(Sorry for those who will find this post too technical, it needs to be sometimes…) CGAP recently posted a well documented and timely report on the performance of greenfield MFIs in Sub-Saharan Africa. I will not qualify it as the most unbiased assessment as it is financed and written by IFC folks, who supported many …
I recently finished reading Why Nations Fails, and although the authors seem to state the obvious – that nations’ success is mainly due to the existence of inclusive institutions – I do not see this factored in many of the development related discussions and plans, by international organization and development banks. And I guess the most …
…will keep going! It is hard to see the direct benefit, but other bloggers will tell you the same: it is not like Facebook, it is your platform, your territory, it is your space where you can take the time to reflect and write something a little more substantial and meaningful than a 10 word …
Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), thanks to their large distribution networks, their long-term engagement with the poor, and their efficiency have been seen as a significant part of the solution to stimulate behavioral changes and help finance models and devices that are more environmental friendly, on a large scale, at the bottom of the pyramid. In fact, low …
