Institute of Microfinance in order to facilitate their future and current research initiatives and enable researchers outside the Institute to get a list of readily available literatures on topics related to microfinance, has taken initiatives to start an annotated bibliography series.

Annotated Bibliography Series: 2 are on Vulnerability, Poverty, Seasonality, Food Security and Microfinance. Full paper in PDF format (1.39MB); Number of pages: 155p; Source: InM.

Institute of Microfinance in order to facilitate their future and current research initiatives and enable researchers outside the Institute to get a list of readily available literatures on topics related to microfinance, has taken initiatives to start an annotated bibliography series.

InM hopes that the annotated bibliography would serve the purposes of dissemination of information to the professionals, researchers, international agencies and academics as well as helping in our capacity buil more...

'Forty percent of the world's population lives on less than $2 per day, according to the World Bank. Yet even in the midst of the current economic meltdown, there is reason for new optimism in the fight to reduce global poverty. The optimism starts with the evolution of microfinance, which has proved not only that the poor are credit-worthy, but that banking institutions serving the poor are investment-worthy.'

With this manual, the Grameen Foundation introduces Village Phone Direct, a variation of the Village Phone programme. This manual provides a template for creating local, sustainable Village Phone Direct programmes that simultaneously bring telecommunication and information services to the rural poor, create viable new businesses for micro-entrepreneurs, and expand the customer base of telecommunication operators.

'Le Rapport National du Développement Humain Durable du Mali, édition 2008, traite du lien entre la microfinance et la réduction de la pauvreté à travers les impacts des systèmes financiers décentralisés sur les conditions de vie des adhérents et leur ménage, au niveau méso à travers les emplois et les salaires versés et au niveau macroéconomique à travers la création de valeur ajoutée qui contribue au produit intérieur brut.'

'This case study is the third and final in a series of three that examines how the entry of microcredit (MC) into village and household economies in Afghanistan affects informal credit relations and livelihood outcomes, either directly or indirectly, through effects on the overall village economy. It builds on past AREU research on informal credit systems, answering questions raised within that study about: the assumptions driving the introduction of microcredit in rural Afghanistan, particularl more...

'This case study is the second in a series of three that examines how the entry of microcredit (MC) into village and household economies in Afghanistan affects informal credit relations and livelihood outcomes, either directly or indirectly, through effects on the overall village economy. It builds on past AREU research on informal credit systems.'

'This case study is the first in a series of three to examine how the entry of microcredit (MC) into village and household economies in Afghanistan affects informal credit relations and livelihood outcomes through effects on the overall village economy.'

Fazle Hasan Abed founder of BRAC, the world's largest non-government organizations sat with the The Daily Star for a recent exclusive interview to share his views on the growing trend of micro-lending and the functioning of BRAC's network that has kept widening since 1972.

The study Financing Technology Entrepreneurs & SME in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities was carried out in two steps. The first phase was devoted to a desk review of the main issues involved in the financing of small businesses in general, and of SME active in the ICT/ICTE industry. The second phase involved the assessment of financing conditions in ten countries.This report summarizes the main findings of the work, including: (i) an assessment of the financing needs voiced by t more...