Haverford College

Tim Ogden, managing director of the Financial Access Initiative and Senior Advisor to the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program will present initial finding from a new financial diaries project focused on small business in developing countries. Often described as "the missing middle" small business falls between microfinance institutions and banks and struggles to get financing. New field research is providing insight into their financial situation and needs. Could supporting this sector have the looked for impact on poverty that was such an important early narrative with microfinance?