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    Microfinance and the Great Profit Debate

    We should be willing to accept the trade-offs that come with the ongoing cleavage between profit-seeking and social advancement, between doing good and doing well, says Jonathan Morduch, New York University economics professor and co-author of “Portfolios of the Poor.”

    By David Lepeska // 17 June 2009

    We should be willing to accept the trade-offs that come with the ongoing cleavage between profit-seeking and social advancement, between doing good and doing well, says Jonathan Morduch, New York University economics professor and co-author of “Portfolios of the Poor,” a book published in early 2009, with Stuart Rutherford, Daryl Collins and Orlanda Ruthven.

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        David has served as U.N. correspondent for the newswire UPI and reported for several major newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Newsday. He was chief correspondent for the Kashmir Observer in Srinagar, India, and regularly contributes to the Economist, among other publications. Since 2007, David has reported for Devex News from Washington, New York, as well as South Asia.

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