Warsaw The Organizers’ Forum delegation began our meetings at the Warsaw School of Economics with Dr. Jan Czarzasty who is a specialist in labor markets and provided us with a helpful context for understanding the major issues of Poland’s political economy. It was an education! He noted early in his presentation to us, while responding …
Category: ACORN International
The Plot Thickens in Internal Labor Battle in Ontario
Warsaw Wow, mama, how can this be? I’m stuck in Warsaw with the Toronto blues again! I had noticed there was a readership spike on my blog on Saturday. A Saturday is not a big day for blog readers, friends, and as vitally important as microfinance and poverty is, it was hard for me to …
Studies Find Microfinance Does Not Reduce Poverty, Assets Do
Hamburg Several years ago ACORN International did a research report that seemed heresy to many, but started from the simple proposition that since microfinance is debt, debt does not reduce poverty, therefore the value of microfinance was the same as buying a job through an employment agency: work at a steep price. For many the …