April 2009
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Frontline Perspectives on Microfinance
I recently had the chance to see Alex Counts, President & CEO of the Grameen Foundation, give a talk at Wharton. This was a great opportunity to gain some insights on microfinance from someone on the frontlines of the movement, and his talk did not disappoint.
Alex recounted how he got his start at Grameen- as a starry-eyed 20 year old college student at Cornell, he enthusiastically composed...