Hugh Sinclair

Economist, COO Alliance Microfinance, freediver, skier, blogger and author of Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic

[Hugh Sinclair @MFheretic]

@JonnyCPrice Check this link: https://t.co/Boi4mbi9mJ It's a complete fraud. Made a song and dance about Kiva Zip. That vanished. Silly people.

[Hugh Sinclair @MFheretic]

Important debate on #microfinance exploitation of the poor https://t.co/iohr9gfebX @OpportunityIntl on the ropes, again.

[Pura Aventura @Pura_Aventura]

Bradt's author Hugh Sinclair to talk about Patagonia at our London event! For free tickets: https://t.co/qVqZ6WFQWE

[Hugh Sinclair @MFheretic]

#microfinance crisis brewing in Kenya? Here we go again. https://t.co/LApUoj1NiK

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https://t.co/rrU36PkXuc Great article examining fundamental assumptions in #microfinance, but a superb author.

[Hugh Sinclair @MFheretic]

"Foreign Aid Needs To Help Them, Not Us" https://t.co/Yr4TxVkDqC good article from @huffingtonpost #microfinance @leerhiannon

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new book comes out tomorrow: https://t.co/QV0VMFOGnL not as controversial as the first, but far more fun researching!

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"The microcredit mafia lowers its socially responsible mask" https://t.co/ASf2zH5Dk2 #microfinance @FINCA

[Hugh Sinclair @MFheretic]

New #microfinance book: "Muhammad Yunus Saint or Sinner?" https://t.co/wdNdW4qMwY by @bbc journalist. About to start reading.

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Definition of #microfinance control fraud: https://t.co/sBGdrjnpga very clear example of control fraud (at @FINCA): https://t.co/QgKpHsGOIq

[Hugh Sinclair @MFheretic]

WOW: $1.4m salary for @rupertfscofield at @Finca #microfinance & devastating article about such a waste of money: https://t.co/4SnT9A1A2C

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Remember this article just before Andhra Pradesh crisis: https://t.co/qRY11MLrNu #Microfinance: incapable of learning from previous mistakes

[Hugh Sinclair @MFheretic]

two good #microfinance articles worth reading: https://t.co/6LlQyvzTaW https://t.co/w8zQTLkAMF

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https://t.co/5UrG6hGmU7 @GuardianGDP debate "what are the barriers to financial inclusion in fragile states?" get involved! #globaldevlive

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@mawethuMJ see website: http://t.co/tcL4LvU2k6, happy to have a chat

[Hugh Sinclair @MFheretic]

Excellent #microfinance paper http://t.co/fUwx0Ny7cj by Will Butcher and James K Galbraith examining control fraud, worth reading

[Hugh Sinclair @MFheretic]

Another blow to #microfinance / @kiva: http://t.co/BCteAe7fhO but entirely predictable: http://t.co/7ihA6NnDwA

[Hugh Sinclair @MFheretic]

@JonnyCPrice is it true @kivazip is closing in Kenya? http://t.co/0G4GzN2Zz8

[Hugh Sinclair @MFheretic]

@kivazip collapses in Kenya http://t.co/rMpdQUV7RW worth reminding ourselves of the warnings about @Kiva: http://t.co/uU6FlapgiP

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@Kiva Zip was meant to be the next best thing. Now it's collapsed in Kenya http://t.co/jv159pc0OY original criticism: http://t.co/OTHWYTDXHW