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August 17, 2012
India: MFI body wants more relaxation
The industry body for MFIs, MFIN (Microfinance Institutions Network) is discontent with the relaxations offered by the new RBI guidelines and plans to approach the Central Bank to make more headroom on the margin of large NBFCs (Non-Banking Financial Company). Read more here.
August 17, 2012
Uganda: Expensive loans affecting micro-finance
Microfinance is increasingly becoming subject to higher interest rates and more expensive credit due to the effects of the global financial crisis being reflected in the sector. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
Tanzania: Future of microfinance grim
MicroNed’s country scan on microfinance of Tanzania paints a dismal picture – about 650,000 Tanzanians are have access to semi-formal services, 70,000 use MFIs and SACCOs (Savings and Credit Cooperatives) serve 320,000, and finally, mobile payment are on the rise. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
SKS microfinance’s losses narrow
SKS microfinance, India’s only listed microfinance company saw its net losses, which stood at INR 2.19 billion last year, shrinking to INR 388.4 million in the April-June period. Read more here. It also plans to expand beyond Andhra Pradesh. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
Bangladesh Government prepares to take control of the Grameen Bnk
While in an interview last year, Bangladesh’s Finance Minister indicated that the Bangladesh government wouldn’t make any moves to take over the Grameen Bank, the majority of whose shares are held by female Grameen members. However, a move by the cabinet has effectively nullified his spoken confirmation with a bill […]
August 17, 2012
The Opec Fund for International Development Quarterly
This OFID quarterly report’s theme is ‘Microfinance: Confronting poverty, crisis and change’. Read it here.
August 17, 2012
‘Doing the Math’: Funeral and Life Microinsurance in the Philippines
In this brief, researchers partnered with global microinsurance broker MicroEnsure and the MFI Taytay Sa Kauswagan Inc (TSKI) in Philippines to use its Client Math methodology to understand the dynamics of a combined funeral and life insurance product for low income consumers. Download it here.
August 17, 2012
The Effect of Microinsurance on Economic Activities: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
This recent report brings data from south-west China from a large randomized field study. The report examines the hypothesis that lack of microinsurance prevents farmers from pursuing high-risk activities which could potentially produce greater returns. Read it here.
August 17, 2012
India: Bihar to make 50,000 houses for its poor
Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of the state of Bihar, India has guaranteed about 50,000 houses for the state’s poor. Most beneficiaries were women. Read more here.
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