Microlending in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with entrepreneur Betsy Brill

Published: June 7, 2006, 4:10 p.m.

b'Stranova Vol. 20, published June 5, 2006.\\n\\nOne of the most profound strategic innovations in business in the last quarter century has been the invention and deployment of microfinancing organizations, such as Bangladesh\\u2019s Grameen Bank. In our current installment of Stranova, we talk with entrepreneur Betsy Brill about her plan to implement such a venture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the challenges in making her vision a reality, and the powerful transformation of the entire business \\u2013 and human \\u2013 ecosystems in that country that they could make possible.'