Microfinance's Midlife Crisis, a recent article on WSJ.com, examines an issue of great concern to Women's World Banking and quotes WWB Trustee Marilou van Golstein Brouwers. Speaking on the affect of increasing commercialization on microfinance, Ms. van Golstein Brouwers says, "If the mission of microfinance institutions is only to maximize profit, then the social goal of helping people out of poverty is not reached. The problem is that a lot of the new private investors in the sector see it mainly as a way of making a lot of money." Read full article.