Micro-enterprise has a long history. It has always existed as a form of subsistence commerce amongst the poor. A half century ago we referred to it as the "Penny Economy". I thought of it then in terms of the Honduran "pulperia" , their version of a convenience store. The pulperia was a makeshift window in a self-constructed clap-board house where you could buy a single egg or cigarette Somehow this historic form of enterprise has captured world attention, triggered by large individual/corporate foundation magnates like Soros and Gates. The presence of grant money for micro-enterprise development, in turn, has caught the attention of the campuses, especially Schools of Business with Entrepreneurship programs. Read more...