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...dinner on the table for their families. Microfinance doesn't target the poorest of the poor, as they need other types of intervention. It targets the economically active poor at the bottom of the pyramid. There are signs that micro-entrepreneurs will see higher interest rates, since the global credit crunch will likely require MFIs to raise interest rates as funding becomes more scarce. I am particularly concerned about the ramifications for women since, for many poor women around the world who are otherwise excluded from formal financial systems, access to microfinance is their only economic lifeline...
...individual lending methodology does not require the borrower to have collateral since the MFI's lending decision is based on the household's capacity to pay. Marketing is another relatively new area that has not traditionally been a focus of the microfinance industry. Yet as MFIs increasingly move beyond credit to offer insurance and savings products so that women can save to pay their children's school fees and invest in healthcare for their families, and as the industry becomes increasingly competitive, understanding customer behavior is becoming more important. In this way, microfinance has come to adopt [more traditional] business...
Ford: "A 'stand-by' line of credit, in the amount of up to $9 billion. This line of credit would be a back-stop to be used only if conditions worsen further...
...Even Ford, which said it would not need federal cash in 2009, said it needed a $9 billion line of credit on which it could draw if necessary. "For Ford, government loans would serve as a critical backstop or safeguard against worsening conditions, as we drive transformational change in our company," said Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...seeking trip to Washington D.C. last month Ford chief executive Alan Mulally and Chrysler Chairman Robert Nardelli said they would drive to Washington D.C. Mulally, in a carefully worded statement, also said he would reduce his $21 million salary to $1 if the company tapped the federal line of credit...