We are the first risk rating agency specializing in microfinance. Our experience is based on 25 years of work and over 1,700 assessments around the world.| microrate.com
Dr. Muhammad Yunus was inspired during the Bangladesh famine of 1974 to make a small personal loan of US$27 to a group of 42 families as start-up money so that they could make items for sale, without the burdens of high interest under predatory lending. Yunus believed that making such loans available to a larger population could stimulate businesses and reduce the widespread rural poverty in Bangladesh.| grameenbank.org.bd
It is critical that financing is directed toward the non-technology aspects of DPI: the global, regional, and national ecosystems that support countries as they design, deploy, and govern digital systems and services. These ecosystems, which include civil society, academic, and advocacy organizations, are central to the sustainability, security, and utility of DPI.| Digital Impact Alliance