Top USAID Private Sector Partners: A Primer
The U.S. Agency for International Development regularly taps the private sector to deliver assistance abroad. Which companies have received the largest share? Here’s our top 20, based on USAID data.
The finger-printing technology of “smart cards” in India offers the opportunity to link the poor to their banking data, says New York University economics professor and microfinance expert Jonathan Morduch. It allows residents to move from place to place and establish greater credit-worthiness, he notes.