These intangible forces might just be stimulating the growth in microfinance that the Philippines is witnessing. I hope you will join me in lending to borrowers in the Philippines some of the friendliest people in the world! …
Filipino culture and microfinance. March 22, 2010 – 03:51. When I visit a new country, I am always fascinated to see how the social values differ from my own as a British born Indian. When I found out I would be heading to the …
At a recent workshop on Microfinance and Rural Development held at Ramjas College, Delhi, Nitin Chaudhary from IFMR Rural Finance had the opportunity to chair one of the sessions that was attended by students of Ramjas College and St. …
When I found out I would be heading to the Philippines, I was pleased to see that the cultural guides were …
India has experienced a remarkable growth in a number of sectors in its economy. But this has done very little in the fight against poverty in the country. If India is to reduce the poverty levels in the country, they must start with …
Microfinance has in recent years evolved into a popular instrument of poverty reduction. At the latest since the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank in 2006, even the broad public has been aware that …
The Inter-American Development Bank’s Multilateral Investment Fund (FOMIN), the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), the Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF), and four private investors today signed documents launching the …
But microfinance institutions aren’t powerless to help. MFIs have many valuable assets. For one thing, they have the infrastructure and the access to some of the most desperate communities. They have fleets of development workers on the …
The nonprofit Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) has released the 2009 Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Microfinance Analysis and Benchmarking Report in.
Microfinance started as a simple idea: to provide loans to poor entrepreneurs. Today it is a much more diverse and dynamic sector, and includes institutions that provide savings and remittance services, sell insurance, and offer loans …
