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Instilling client protection in Moroccan microfinance

Morocco has the one of the most flourishing microfinance systems in the Middle East/North Africa. The country’s microfinance sector has close to 800,000 clients and about US$ 60 million in loan portfolio. However, it has had its own difficulties in achieving success, and to overcome these, it has had to […]

January 7, 2013

Why microfinance is important for the world’s poor, and why they won’t use it

This post by Jonathan Bauchet details the outcomes of his study of microinsurance done with Microinsurance Learning and Knowledge (MILK) by Compartomos in Mexico. The take-up of well-defined and adequately priced microinsurance products especially suitable to the poor is low, prompting the need for the exploration of why participation in […]

January 7, 2013

Learning Curves: Microfinance Development Strategy

This paper by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) evaluates the development organization’s development strategy with respect to its plans for microfinance scale-up and support. Read it here.

January 7, 2013

Current Trends in Cross-Border Funding for Microfinance

In the year 2011, cross-border funders committed as much as US$25 billion to financial inclusion of the poor in the developing world, microfinance included in the broad category. This CGAP study shows that this funding continued to increase despite a global financial crisis, but at a low growth rate. Read […]

January 7, 2013

Poor farmers in Malawi get cash through their mobile phones

Echoing the successful approach of cash transfers to help the extremely poor find a sustainable route to self-subsistence, the WFP (World Food Programme) in Malawi has taken to helping the poorest of farmers in Malawi get cash through their cell phones. Read more here.

January 7, 2013

Four ways how technology can boost African farming

According to a report by the AfDB (African Development Bank) and the World Bank, mobile phones lets Africans access services which are otherwise available only through traditional means in developed countries. This takes Africa’s ICT contribution to the GDP to as high as 7 per cent. This service can especially […]

January 7, 2013

ICTs for Agriculture in Africa

This report focuses on African agriculture, and the role that ICT tools like mobile phones and internet can play to leverage several positive actions like access to markets, strengthening of infrastructure and more. To read the report, click here.

January 7, 2013

India: AIIMS opens regional telemedicine centre in Odisha

The All India Institute of Medical Services (AIIMS), Bhubaneshwar recently helped open a telemedical centre on its campus in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. This centre will help scale tele consultations and man power development. Read more here.

January 7, 2013

Bangladesh launched national mHealth service to reach 2 million mothers by 2015

MAMA, or the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action laucnhed a national programme called ‘Aponjon’ in Bangladesh, which is an mHealth initiative aiming to reach as many as 2 million mothers in the country by 2015. Read more here.