Microlumbia: Surveying Partnerships Between Companies and Microfinance Institutions

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Channel: Columbia Business School · 2009 · Nonprofits & Activism

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An International Development Club MBA student consulting team worked for Microlumbia (Columbia's student-run microfinance investment fund), to survey the small but growing number of partnerships between multinational corporations and microfinance institutions. The team delineated best practices and performed due diligence on specific companies for its client, the Sarala Women Welfare Society, based in Calcutta, India.

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