Is Financial Democracy a Click Away? Peer-to-Peer Lending and Beyond (Presentation)

  • Date Posted: June 2, 2010
  • Authors: Jennifer Powers, Harvey Grasty, Steve Ma
  • Organizations/Projects: EA Consultants
  • Document Types: Primer or Brief, Other
  • Donor Type: U.S. Agency for International Development

On October 20, 2008, USAID's Microenterprise Development office hosted the 26th installment in its Microfinance Learning and Innovations After Hours Seminar Series. Jennifer Powers of EA Consultants presented the findings of a brand new study on peer-to-peer lending commissioned under USAID's Financial Services Knowledge Generation task order. Thomas Debass of the Microenterprise Development office moderated the ensuing discussion in which commentary was provided by Harvey Grasty of MicroPlace and Steve Ma of Investors without Borders.