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IFC Supports Utkarsh Micro Finance, Helping Serve Small Borrowers …

IFC Supports Utkarsh Micro Finance, Helping Serve Small Borrowers in Northern India.

Serving the Ordinary: The strength of microfinance Kiva Stories …

Four months ago, my starry-eyed impression of microfinance was shaken during my first interview with a borrower (on my third day as a Kiva Fellow [...]

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Mobile Money Transfer Africa Conference and …

Event Name: Mobile Money Transfer Africa Event Date: May 4 – May 7, 2010 Event Location: Nairobi, Kenya Event Website:

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: SKS Microfinance Limited, Microfinance …

There are now more details available regarding the much-anticipated initial public offering (IPO) of SKS Microfinance Limited, a microfinance institution (MFI)

Capitalists are [...]

Microfinance Open Book blog: Social Media and the End of Solitude …

Microfinance Open Book blog: Social Media and the End of Solitude. March 28, 2010 – 16:37. William Deresiewicz in the Chronicle of Higher Eduction on The End of Solitude: What does the contemporary self want? The camera has created a …

The bigger picture for [...]

Microfinance Open Book blog: Who Inflated the Microcredit Bubbles …

If there were not so much finance for microfinance, the industry’s weaknesses would not be so dangerous. Yes, the industry should reform, for example by setting up credit bureaus. But these things are easier said than done and take time …

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Lessons We Can Learn from Microfinance : Lending Law Report

In preparation for speaking at a conference this week, I was thinking about how loans and workouts are handled in corporate finance vs. how things are.

You sell what? Microfinance and health foods Kiva Stories from …

As we left I took a moment to think about [...]

B Ntuli: Omega Micro-Finance in Africa conference

I thank you for the invitation to the Ministry to address issues of micro-finance with you at this important gathering. As the government of South Africa, we recognize that one of the key impediments in the South Africa’s economy is …

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: International Investors Launch Microfinance …

The Inter-American Development [...]

'Kiva, don't use microfinance as marketing' | Radio Netherlands …

Changing someone’s life through a loan. That’s pretty much the idea behind Kiva, arguably the most popular ‘people-to-people’ microcredit organisation. In just over four years, Kiva -…

To avoid crises, microfinance needs good information systems

Anyone following microfinance news will have seen the recent reports on portfolio crises [...]

MICROFINANCE PAPER WRAP-UP: Does Microfinance Repayment …

Written by Erica Field, Rohini Pande and John Papp, published by The Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) in October 2009, 33 pages, available.

NY microfinance conference urges savings from poor | InfoSnipper.com

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Microfinance institutions should work to convince the poor to put.

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Microfinance services, a major tool for reducing poverty | The …

GNA – The head of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre, (MASLOC) Ms Bertha Ansah-Djan, has said that accelerating access to credit for the vulnerable who are.

Microfinance Courses, Degrees and Education

A great resource list of microfinance / micro-credit educational business programs.

Leveraging remittances for microfinance | [...]

Filipino culture and microfinance Kiva Stories from the Field

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 | Humanitarian News

Filipino culture [...]