12 MODEL MICROCREDITS

Dear Professor Latifee

Zasheem tells me deadline is imminent of issue 2 of Journal of Social Business. I recommend that a back page of journal is used to feature a growing list of model microcredits around the world of grameen trust and loyal friends of yunus economics.

If we start with 12 now- a much fuller list could appear in issue 3 which is the specail issue being published at time dr yunus testifies to us congress as genius pro-youth economist

(In its first 50 years The Economist used its back pages to update key refernce data and I feel journal of social business can gain from going likewise. While I would like to see a social business catlaogue emerge, I assume that right now: microcredits are already a more established listing)

Here’s a guess of what could be an exciting world tour of 12 microcredits

Bangladesh Grameen

Mexico Grameen Carso

35 model agriculture markets of wholeplanetfoundation

Kenya Jamii Bora

China – please choose one

India- please choose one

Pakistan KASF

Turkey TGMP

USA Grameen America

France ADIE

Bolivia and region Pro Mujer

Philippines CARD


Obviously you would need to edit this list as I am only making guesses. Nor is 12 a sacred number. FINCA might be a candidate to be included; I have a feeling that KIVA's Flannery would like to dicsuss how to help yunus more but I don know who is animating that dialogue

If you approve of this idea please correspond direct with zasheem and his glasgow/adam smith editorial team so that it is actioned


best

chris macrae