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IFC, FMO invest in Indian MFI Ujjivan

IFC (International Finance Corporation), a part of the World Bank group has invested a sum of INR 450 million, and the foreign institutional investor FMO, Entrepreneurial Development Bank has invested a sum of INR 28 million in India based MFI Ujjivan. Read more here.

October 1, 2012

Cambodia: Insurance for the poor

In Cambodia, about a third of the people are below the poverty line and as many as 80 per cent live in rural areas, where products or services, even if affordable are not available. For most of these people, saving long term is out of the question as they live […]

October 1, 2012

Microfinance may enhance development, but loans to poorest may be unwise

According to the outcomes of a study by the EPPI-Centre at the Institute of Education, University of London, microfinance is most favourable to class of poor who are relatively better equipped with training and education, and could make the poorest people poorer. Read more here.

October 1, 2012

Micro-insurance in Philippines

The micro-insurance sector in Philippines is worth at least P 200 million currently, but the stakeholders and players in the sector are optimistic of this market becoming worth at least P 20 billion by way of premium payments within a few years. Read more here.

October 1, 2012

African association Confédération des Institutions Financières (CIF) chooses landmark software for its programme

The African association Confédération des Institutions Financières (CIF) has chosen a new software for the implementation of its micro-finance programme for low income African families. This software will be used for a range of micro-insurance programmes. Read more here.

October 1, 2012

Microfinance: A response to the Europe Debt Crisis?

In response to the debt crisis in Europe, financial institutions have given out large funds into bailout packages. But that does not necessarily ensure the grassroots revival of the economy and hence, they have also begun to infuse smaller amounts into private entities through their ambitious microfinance initiative. Read more […]

October 1, 2012

India: Microfinance and predatory lending – the same story?

This post examines the history of microfinance as it has been, in India. It examines the bills that regulated the sector post the Andhra Pradesh crisis of 2010, and compares the activities of some microfinance institutions with those of typical moneylenders, a refuge from which microfinance was originally designed to […]

October 1, 2012

India: How microfinance institutions spurred growth of social enterprises

Microfinance companies are perhaps the most well-known and common examples of social enterprises. However, in India, while in its heyday, microfinance may have spawned a number of social enterprises, funding for the same in sectors like education, healthcare is limited. Investors want to invest a set amount which is almost […]

October 1, 2012

Microfinance in evolution: An industry between crisis and advancement

This report by the Deutsche Bank goes over the history of microfinance while laying pointers along the way, indicating what went wrong and, how the sector should now collectively act to sustain microfinance’s original developmental impact. Read the report here.