More microfinance IPOs in the offing

It was merely a coincidence that the year after C K Prahalad's bestseller, The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profits (2004), that Vikram Akula returned to SKS......

The G-20's empty cupboard

Jobs, justice and climate," is the war cry of thousands protesting to G-20 leaders who will congregate in London this week. It is easy to dismiss them as anarchists and anti-globalisers, but......

IMF: Incompetence by design or default?

Part I: Is the IMF incompetent or... They no longer use bullets and ropes. They use the World Bank and the IMF Jesse Jackson The seeds of the present consternation in the global financial......

Soros plans SME investment firm in India

The Soros Economic Development Fund, Omidyar Network, and Google.org on Wednesday said they are working together to create a new $17 million small to medium enterprise investment company for India......