02.05.08
The Kiva Challenge: Great Questions for New Exchanges
If you haven’t yet seen this yet, Sean Stannard-Stockton is hosting some thoughtful conversation on his own blog Tactical Philanthropy - sparked in part by the recent NY Times article on the challenges of Kiva.org in having (at least temporarily) more demand from donors than supply of enterprises. Sean’s recent entry raises some great questions on supply and demand on these new ‘exchanges’ - particulaly the idea of referring excess capital to other ‘exchanges’. In response, Dennis Whittle of Global Giving makes note that they indeed do refer their donors when it “makes sense” to other exchanges with whom they have agreements. Conversation definitely worth following…
