6 results · grouped by type
Table Banking by Joyful Women Organization (JOYWO)Community banking model in which groups of 15-20 women meet, place their money on the table and immediately lend it among themselves as loans, with no fees or collateral. Introduced by JOYWO on August 31, 2009 under a tree in Eldoret with 60 women, it scaled to 44 of the 47 counties and more than 240,000 members, with revolving funds of ~KES 3.4 billion and about 300,000 businesses supported.One Acre Fund (Tupande) in KenyaSocial enterprise founded by Andrew Youn (with John Gachunga) in 2006 in Bungoma, Kenya, that offers smallholder farmers an integrated bundle: asset-based financing (inputs on credit), seed and fertilizer delivery, training and market linkages, with repayment tied to the harvest cycle. It started with 38 families in 2006; today, under the Tupande brand, it reaches more than one million farmers in Kenya and ~5.9 million households in 10 countries (2025).Compartamos Banco - group lending (Crédito Mujer)Mexico's largest microfinance institution, born in 1990 as the NGO Asociación Programa Compartamos I.A.P. to provide microloans to women from low-income sectors. Its flagship product is group lending with joint liability (groups of 5 to 50 people, mostly women). More than 60% of the portfolio is group credit and in 2025 it is targeting 3.2 million active clients. It was the subject of an RCT that randomly expanded branches across 110 communities.Pro Mujer México (Pro Mujer by Avanza / Avanza Sólido): microfinance with health and trainingSocial enterprise with more than 30 years in Latin America that integrates microcredit, preventive health, financial education and microinsurance for low-income women entrepreneurs. In Mexico it operates as 'Pro Mujer by Avanza' (~22 branches, 165 municipalities). Since Oct 2024 it strengthened its alliance with Avanza Sólido, and in Jun 2025 it transferred its credit operations in Mexico to Avanza Sólido, leaving the joint brand 'Avanza Sólido - Pro Mujer' for credit, while Pro Mujer continues with health, training and consulting. 90% of its clients are women.
Evidence 2
Innovation for Inclusive Growth: Towards a Theoretical Framework and a Research AgendaJournal of Management Studies 49(4):661-683 (Wiley) · 2012 · theorydocumentSocial Entrepreneurship Research: A Source of Explanation, Prediction, and DelightJournal of World Business 41(1):36-44 (Elsevier) · 2006 · theorydocument