<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f1bf102b-fcf6-4b10-b55a-efddeb3c30ab/2A8872F9-3AA6-4C90-8432-1EF05D885CEF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.socialedge.org/discussions/scale/network-practices" href="http://www.socialedge.org/discussions/scale/network-practices" style="font-size: 11px;">www.socialedge.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.socialedge.org/discussions/scale/network-practices"><H1 class="documentFirstHeading">Network Practices</H1> <DIV> <DIV class="documentByLine"> <SPAN class="documentAuthor"> by <A href="http://www.socialedge.org/author/jclark">Social Edge</A> — </SPAN> <SPAN class="documentModified"> <SPAN> last modified </SPAN> 2008-10-22 14:44 </SPAN> <DIV class="reviewHistory"> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <P class="documentDescription">Hosted by Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO of Women's World Banking (October 2008)</p> <DIV class="plain"><DIV> <IMG height="211" width="300" border="0" class="image-right" alt="network practices" src="http://www.socialedge.org/discussions/scale/network-practices/resolveUid/3cba37e4dd933368a93d83e0da71510b" /><SPAN>Social Change: Women’s World Banking and the Power of Networks</SPAN></DIV> <BR /><DIV> As microfinance continues to evolve at an astonishing pace, we in the industry face the challenge of how to best navigate this changing landscape. One of the keys, I believe, to moving forward lies in the very way in which microfinance began – with <SPAN>the poor helping each other through the creation of strong support networks</SPAN>. The group lending model has helped millions, especially women, to lift themselves out of poverty.  </DIV> <BR /><DIV> As a network of 54 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in 30 countries, Women’s World Banking applies this theory at the macro level – that <SPAN>working together as a network is far more effective than going it alone</SPAN>.</DIV></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2A8872F9-3AA6-4C90-8432-1EF05D885CEF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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