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In Which I Am Exposed As a Double Agent
1/31/12
Yesterday, Milford Bateman and I debated. Chuck Waterfield moderated. I'm told the video will be posted later this week. The organizers designated note-takers, and I think their work will be posted too. I'll let you know. The recording is here.
Debating Bateman
12/8/11
On January 30, Milford Bateman and I will come together in Washington, DC, for a public debate. Chuck Waterfield of MFTransparency will moderate. The event is sponsored by USAID’s Microenterprise Development office and the Financial Inclusion Forum of DC and will be hosted by Microlinks. It will be webcast live.
The Talk of Groningen
6/25/11
Last week I gave a talk at the Second European Research Conference on Microfinance in the Dutch city of Groningen (pronounced Grrrrrrrrrrrongn).
Will the Real Bad Guy Please Stand Up?
2/15/11
Milford Bateman has contributed to the CGAP blog's series on overindebtedness. He focuses not on how to define and measure over-indebtedness but on who to blame for it:
The Microcredit Attack Documentary
12/5/10
Update: I have blogged the English version of the documentary too.
The Massive Microcredit Implosion in Andhra Pradesh Daily Is Out!
11/8/10
Daniel Rozas warns that investors in Indian microfinance could lose a lot of money. Building on his earlier work on bankruptcies among microcreditors, he discusses how to prepare for failure:
No Really, Bateman’s Book Doesn’t Work
9/14/10
Phil Mader has posted a serious defense of Milford Bateman's Why Doesn't Microfinance Work? on Governance across Borders...a defense, that is, against my negative review and some others. Mader writes:
Why Doesn’t Milford Bateman’s Book Work?
8/26/10
Milford Bateman's new book, Why Doesn't Microfinance Work? The Destructive Rise of Local Neoliberalism, annoys me in much the way that Dambisa Moyo's did last year. I see myself as open-minded, but I guess I am allergic to (as I perceive it) sloppy thinking.
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