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January 7, 2013
AGFUND supports institutionalization of the microfinance industry
The leading developmental organization of the Arab world, AGFUND (Arab Gulf Programme for Development) is for the greater scale of poor’s access to microfinance, as was evident by the theme of its recent workshop, which was along the lines of institutionalizing microfinance, qualifying the Saudi NGOs active in the field […]
January 7, 2013
Pakistan: ISF approves PKR 632 million for microfinance providers
The ISF (International Strengthening Fund) has approved as much as PKR 632 million for the strengthening of the presence of microfinance by including 13 microfinance providers and MFIs in Pakistan. Read more here.
January 7, 2013
SKS Microfinance completes INR 544.8 million securitization transaction
Indian microfinance company SKS Microfinance Limited recently completed securitization transaction worth INR 544.8 million. Read more here.
January 7, 2013
Blue Orchard suffers sudden outflow of investor capital
Over the past year and a half, one of microfinance’s most prominent funds Blue Orchard’s Dexia Micro-Credit Fund has suffered steady outflow of investor capital. Read why here.
January 7, 2013
Zimbabwe: Irregularities in the operation of MFIs
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has come across irregularities in the functioning of microfinance institutions in the country. Some examples of mentioned irregularities are subversion of legal processes in debt collection and acting as deposit-taking banks and insurance companies. Read more here.
January 7, 2013
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 […]
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