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The Microfinance Movement
Do you have spare money sitting around in your bank account? Then you can participate in the burgeoning field of microlending and microfinance! Any amount, be it $20 or $200 can make a huge difference in someone's life across the world... [more]
Do you have spare money sitting around in your bank account? Then you can participate in the burgeoning field of microlending and microfinance! Any amount, be it $20 or $200 can make a huge difference in someone's life across the world. Read more to learn about the easy and effective ways you can put that money to use and directly change someone's life.
The Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) recently released “2008 MFI Benchmarks” covering financial and performance data from 1084 microfinance institutions (MFIs) worldwide, reflecting the impact of the financial downturn. Blaine Stephens, COO and director of analysis at MIX said, “By the end of 2008, MFI growth rates had already begun to slow, leaving MFIs faced with [...]
- Know A Microfinance Fund: Cresud Spa (microcapital.org)
- Know A Microfinance Fund: Caucasus Credit Llc (microcapital.org)
President Yudhoyono recently announced his intention to expand the reach of the Kredit Usaha Rakyat (KUR) program. The expansion will increase disbursement of micro-loans by as much as IDR 100 trillion (USD 10 billion) over the next five years. The goal of the KUR program is to encourage commercial banks to expand their services into [...]
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- MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: ACCION Cleared to Invest in Brazil’s Microfinance Sector (microcapital.org)
- MICROCAPITAL ANNOUNCEMENT: MicroCapital Releases Pilot Issue of M... (microcapital.org)
Overview:
The DID Partnership Fund (DID PF) provides capital to financial institutions or funds specializing in the financial sector in developing countries.
Description:
The Partnership Fund (PF) was created by Développement international Desjardins (DID) in 1996. The DID GF invests in microfinance institutions (MFIs), which are retail micro-lenders, in the form of ordinary or privileged shares, options, and [...]
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Last month, Ryan took a look at the impact of the financial crisis on microfinance in Latin America, arguing that uncompetitive microfinance markets and small or inexperienced MFIs were responsible for increased premiums. A recent paper on Microfinance in Southern Sudan by Melody Atil finds that many of obstacles to expanding microfinance in Sudan's south, and thus lowering premiums, would also be remedied by diversifying and improving the...
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- Know A Microfinance Fund: Calvert Foundation (microcapital.org)
- KNOW A MICROFINANCE FUND: BlueOrchard Private Equity Fund (microcapital.org)
Microfinance Focus is a global knowledge centre for Microfinance, serving 60,000 microfinance professionals worldwide. It publishes a monthly magazine, daily news stories, articles and write-ups written by experts who are practitioners in the field.
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- MICROFINANCE EVENT: 2010 Africa/Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit... (microcapital.org)
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BlueOrchard Microfinance Securities (BOMS 1) is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) that created a Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO) that is collateralized by microfinance institution (MFI) debt obligations.
Description:
BOMS 1 is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) with a seven year maturity. The SPV was created to make seven-year loans to a portfolio of microfinance institutions (MFIs), which [...]
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- KNOW A MICROFINANCE FUND: BlueOrchard Loans for Development 2006-1 (BOLD... (microcapital.org)
Milford Bateman, “a confessed microfinance sceptic” made a serious and novel (to me) charge against Kiva on the devfinance mailing list, that Kiva’s cheap capital is padding the profits of any for-profit microfinance banks through which it lends. I tweeted his message, so I ought to share with you the reply I received from Kiva. [...]
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- Microfinance Open Book blog: Fresh Voice on Kiva (feedburner.com)
Mexico's Independencia To Buy Microfinance Co FinsolWall Street JournalThe acquisition will expand Independencia's microfinance business, which still represents a small portion of its largely consumer-orientated loan portfolio. ...Independencia Launches ADRLatinFinanceFinanciera Independencia to Acquire Financiera Finsol and to Expand ...PR Newswire (press release)Mexico's Financiera Independencia to acquire Financiera Finsol for $41...
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Hey, I've been working with Kiva.org and CHF International to get small microfinance style loans to small businesses in the West Bank of Palestine. You can check out my portfolio here. The deal is that this creates jobs where we...
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- Digging Deeper in Microfinance with Kiva.org (web2.sys-con.com)
- Questioning Kiva (feedburner.com)
- Digging in to the donor details at Kiva.org (boingboing.net)
Organised by the European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP), this three day conference held in Luxembourg brings together over 300 delegates drawn from financial institutions, NGOs, government agencies, academics and sector specialists to share their ...
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