Prosperity Is Just around the Corner...
3/15/12
Larry Reed of the Microcredit Summit Campaign has a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about my piece last weekend.
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Opinion Piece in Washington Post
3/9/12
I have a piece in the Washington Post this week based on my book. I'm told it will appear on the front page of the Outlook section of Sunday's print edition. It will look familiar to you if you follow this blog:
"Think Again" Piece in Foreign Policy
2/1/12
Foreign Policy just published a piece I wrote in their Think Again format. The format is inherently contrarian, which makes it more fun, but my views on microfinance are not purely contrarian. See what you think of how I tried to strike a balance.
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 Microcredit Women Are Smiling Again
9/23/11
First the microcredit women were happy. Then they were sad. Now they are happy again. Here's the trailer for a new documentary called Bonsai People, by Holly Mosher:
Dueling between Grameen and Norwegian TV Network
2/22/11
The Norwegian network NRK, which aired the original Tom Heinemann documentary, just posted two letters that continue the controversy the film started.
Felix Salmon and Matthew Bishop Head-to-Head
2/17/11
[Update: Felix Salmon responded to this post.]
Felix Salmon posted, and I assume produced, a great little video debate between himself and Matthew Bishop of philanthrocapitalism and Economist fame. As an aside, I really like this content form; haven't seen anything quite like it before. You can watch it on Felix Salmon's blog or below.
Microcredit Attack Documentary in English
2/7/11
As an interviewee in Tom Heinemann's documentary, I received a copy of the English version in the mail last Thursday. Compared to the Norwegian one (blogged here), the English version devotes less time to the old spat between Norway and the Grameen Bank, cuts other stuff I haven't tried to determine, and travels beyond Bangladesh, to India, Nigeria, and Mexico.
My Latest Videos
1/29/11
BBC journalist Madeleine Morris, with producer Leo Hornak, has filed two versions of her report on the Andhra Pradesh microfinance crisis, one audio and one video (below). I think the audio one is particularly good, being twice as long. Both give a good sense of the complexities of the situation, showing the good and the bad. I am not in either.
The Microcredit Attack Documentary
12/5/10
Update: I have blogged the English version of the documentary too.