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LAPO (Alumni) Break the Silence

by Hugh Sinclair Posted on 26 October, 2012

I recently received a response to my blog-post “Doomsday”, which discussed a leaked document from Triple Jump and Incofin complaining about some of LAPO’s activities. The comment was from a group claiming to be students of LAPO. It’s as close … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BlueOrchard, Calvert, GFUSA, Incofin, KRO-Reporter, LAPO, MFTransparency, MicroRate, Oxfam Novib, responsAbility, Standard Chartered, Triple Jump | Comments Off

Obligatory Viewing

by Hugh Sinclair Posted on 23 October, 2012

I rarely describe an article or PPT as obligatory reading. If you have any interest in the state of the microfinance sector, and wish to actually get to the heart of the matter rather than dance around the periphery, watch … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged MFTransparency | 1 Comment

What’s Wrong With Kiva’s Portfolio Yield Statistic?

by Hugh Sinclair Posted on 22 October, 2012

I have criticised Kiva for being non-transparent in a number of ways, but one of my pet-peeves is their insistence upon using the portfolio yield statistic instead of an actual interest rate. Why is this so deceptive a statistic? What … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Kiva, MFTransparency | 5 Comments

What Do The Microfinance Sector & Lance Armstrong Have In Common?

by Hugh Sinclair Posted on 20 October, 2012

They’ve both had sponsors abandon them They were both apparently miraculous, and then disgraced They both made promises they couldn’t (honestly) keep They both managed to out-fox regulators for decades They both lied to the world for extended periods They … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cycling, Otero, SMART | 2 Comments

Oxfam Novib Squanders Yet More Tax-payer Money, Others Follow

by Hugh Sinclair Posted on 18 October, 2012

I have been fairly critical of Kiva, as some of my more sensitive readers may have detected. Another peer-to-peer (P2P) microfinance platform, MyC4, actually endorsed my book. I did a project for MyC4 some years ago, helping them with their … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged GFUSA, Kiva, Muhammad Yunus, MyC4, Oikocredit, Oxfam Novib, SMART, Triple Jump | 3 Comments

Corrupt Microfinance Players attend Conference

by Hugh Sinclair Posted on 15 October, 2012

The list of confirmed speakers at the forthcoming Capital Markets Conference reads like a summary of the worst offending parties mentioned in my book. Perhaps not surprisingly, I was not invited to the conference, although I would have rather enjoyed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Calvert, Citi, Deutsche Bank, GFUSA, Habitat, IFC, OPIC, responsAbility, Triple Jump, WWB | 3 Comments

Doomsday

by Hugh Sinclair Posted on 15 October, 2012

…. is probably how Triple Jump described the day the KRO-Reporter documentary came out. In fact the day I received the attached document (Triple Jump/Incofin letter to LAPO March 2010) was Doomsday. They now face questions in the Dutch parliament. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ASN Bank, BlueOrchard, Citi, Deutsche Bank, GFUSA, Kiva, KRO-Reporter, LAPO, Oxfam Novib, Schwab, Triple Jump | 3 Comments

ASN Bank’s “Ethical” Microfinance

by Hugh Sinclair Posted on 10 October, 2012

ASN Bank was badly implicated in my book. They failed to make a single comment until KRO-Reporter exposed their activities on September 28th 2012. For anyone still labouring under the belief that this is an ethical bank, watch the documentary, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ASN Bank, KRO-Reporter, Oxfam Novib, Triple Jump | 3 Comments

Just Another Critical Microfinance Documentary?

by Hugh Sinclair Posted on 10 October, 2012

Perhaps unsurprisingly I rather enjoyed the KRO-Reporter documentary. I won’t go through it in detail, it speaks for itself. That something is deeply wrong in the sector is beyond dispute. Anyone who still denies this is living in cuckoo land. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ASN Bank, GFUSA, KRO-Reporter, LAPO, Oxfam Novib, Triple Jump | 5 Comments

Blah-2-Blah

by Hugh Sinclair Posted on 9 October, 2012

A random traveller from Kiva’s Milepoint team (a group of people who like flying and have lent about $4m through Kiva) contacted me a week ago suggesting I join some online video chat with Kiva and ask them a tricky … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Kiva | 2 Comments

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LAPO (Alumni) Break the Silence

Obligatory Viewing

What’s Wrong With Kiva’s Portfolio Yield Statistic?

What Do The Microfinance Sector & Lance Armstrong Have In Common?

Oxfam Novib Squanders Yet More Tax-payer Money, Others Follow

Corrupt Microfinance Players attend Conference

Doomsday

ASN Bank’s “Ethical” Microfinance

Just Another Critical Microfinance Documentary?

Blah-2-Blah

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